Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)
°Ú³¦.1700–1987±Õ
Items available online are a range of works by Ithell Colquhoun including early watercolours and writings. The collection also includes: correspondence from leading figures in the art world from Man Ray to Lady Ottoline Morrell; records relating to Ithell's interest in the Occult; and surrealist paintings produced by her students.
Also available to view online from this collection is a typescript entitled, 'Recollection of Kurt Schwitters' - an article by Ithell Colquhoun about Schwitters' life and her acquaintance with him.
Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Ithell Colquhoun 1906–1988
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Bequeathed by Ithell Colquhoun to the Tate Archive
- Reference
- TGA 929
215 objects in this collection
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Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)
215 Objects
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General correspondence and related papers
18 Objects
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Writings
36 Objects
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Artworks
146 Objects
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Juvenilia
14 Objects
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Art school work
47 Objects
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Contents of a folder titled ‘Commercial’
6 Objects
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Watercolour, pastel and crayon mural designs
8 Objects
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Contents of a folder labelled ‘Child Art’
14 Objects
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Contents of a packet labelled ‘Graphomania: mixed colours, pencil, blue’
57 Objects
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Surrealism
15 Objects
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- Title
- Contents of a folder labelled ‘Child Art’
- Date
- °Ú³¦.1930²õ–1940²õ±Õ
- Description
- Children's drawings - from Ithell Colquhoun's time as a teacher - which were included in a Surrealist exhibition [notes by Gerald Dowden, October 1999].
Fourteen paintings, mostly with the children's names and ages on the reverse. - Reference
- TGA 929/4/8
