Ithell Colquhoun

Lot 82: The Dunes

Name: The Dunes
Brand: Christie's
SKU: cauu0vs2yv

Est: £7,000 GBP - £10,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 16, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1998)
The Dunes
signed 'Mrs Ithell/Colquhoun' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
18 x 36 in. (46 x 91.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1940.

Artist or Maker

Ithell Colquhoun

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 November 1988, lot 492, where purchased by the present owner.

Notes

Ithell Colquhoun was born in 1906. She studied at the Slade School of Art, but was primarily self-taught. She became involved with the surrealist movement in London and Paris in the 1930s and 1940s, and she also wrote surrealist poetry.

Auction Details

20th Century British Art

Christie's

July 16, 2008, 10:30 AM WET

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK

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