TEKKE UM-HARAM, c.1957
Ink and wash. 17¼ x 12in. (44.5 x 31.2cm.)
Inscribed on the reverse on the frame with the artist’s name, the title and the Bolton Studio address.
Provenance
National Trust bequest.
This is the religious shrine in Larnaca, Cyprus, said to be the tomb of the Prophet Mohammed’s stepmother or aunt.
The bright oranges and yellows give the works a particular vividness and brilliance. Colquhoun was adept at finding sexual forms in nature. Here, with the golden breast-like domes and phallic minaret, she finds them in religious architecture.