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Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)

°Ú³¦.1700–1987±Õ

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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

  • Papers of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988)

    215 Objects

    • General correspondence and related papers

      18 Objects

    • Writings

      36 Objects

    • Artworks

      146 Objects

      • Juvenilia

        14 Objects

      • Art school work

        47 Objects

      • Contents of a folder titled ‘Commercial’

        6 Objects

      • Watercolour, pastel and crayon mural designs

        8 Objects

      • Contents of a folder labelled ‘Child Art’

        14 Objects

      • Contents of a packet labelled ‘Graphomania: mixed colours, pencil, blue’

        57 Objects

    • Surrealism

      15 Objects

Title
Juvenilia
Date
°Ú³¦.1920–7±Õ
Description
TGA 929/4/1/1-11 seem to be pages from a notebook. The labels on the back of each picture do not seem to relate to the picture on the front and so may have originally referred to a picture which they were facing. The pictures originally seem to have been in the book in chronological order.

TGA 929/4/1/12-14 have all been mounted on paper, as if for display
Reference
TGA 929/4/1

Showing 14 objects

Watercolour showing a girl at the beach with a bucket and spade

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú1920–1±Õ
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Watercolour showing a girl with fruit and falling leaves

Ithell Colquhoun
December 1921
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Watercolour showing a boy playing the pipe with two girls listening, by a stream

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú1920–1±Õ
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Watercolour showing pansies in a vase

Ithell Colquhoun
August 1921
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Watercolour of fruit and a jug

Ithell Colquhoun
[1921]
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Watercolour of an interior scene showing a grandfather clock by an open door

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú1920–1±Õ
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Watercolour of a dead duck and pheasant hanging on a wall

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú1920–1±Õ
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Watercolour showing coloured vases

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú1920–1±Õ
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Watercolour titled ‘Pottery’

Ithell Colquhoun
April 1920
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Watercolour titled ‘Seaside’

Ithell Colquhoun
November 1920
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Watercolour titled ‘Flowers’

Ithell Colquhoun
June 1920
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Picture of a young woman feeding peacocks

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1920–7±Õ
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Watercolour showing the corner of a room with a woman reflected in a mirror

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1920–7±Õ
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Watercolour showing a bedroom

Ithell Colquhoun
°Ú³¦.1920–7±Õ
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