The Supersensual Life of Ithell Colquhoun, Artist and Occultist

Amy Hale's 2020 study, an illustrated hardback limited edition (400 copies)

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First edition, first printing. Limited edition (the hardback was limited to 400 copies and is now out of print). Hardback in dustwrapper. 24.5 × 16.5cm, 304pp.

Full title: Genius of the Fern Loved Gully: The Supersensual Life of Ithell Colquhoun, Artist and Occultist

After decades of neglect, the British Surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun’s unique vision and hermetic life have generated enormous interest amongst historians and practitioners of art and magic. In this, the first in-depth biographical study of Colquhoun and her work, Amy Hale examines the magical and cultural confluences that shaped her imaginative life and artistic vision.

Rejecting the hectic social expectations and magical orthodoxies of London’s art and occult scenes, Colquhoun retreated to Cornwall, where, at the price of relative cultural obscurity, she pursued a life of profoundly dedicated spiritual and artistic enquiry. As a result, her visual and written works have only recently begun to receive the recognition they deserve as daring experiments in magical art, autobiography and esoteric feminism.

As the influential role of occult ideas in the history of art becomes ever clearer, Colquhoun’s work is long overdue a fresh consideration. ‘Genius of the Fern Loved Gully’ balances engaging biography with historical erudition and critical insight into her art and writing.

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This copy is in excellent condition.

ISBN

9781907222863

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