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Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar

°Ú1930²õ–1960²õ±Õ

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This collection of Eileen's Agar's photographs have all been digitised. Most of the photographs were taken by Eileen Agar and her husband, Joseph Bard on their trips abroad, and around the UK, from the 1930s up until around 1960. Subjects of the photographs include architecture, landscapes, and seaside towns and villages, along with portrait and group photographs of Eileen, Joseph, and their friends, including notable artists and fellow surrealists such as Man Ray, Paul Éluard and Pablo Picasso. Some of the photographs relate to sections of Agar's autobiography, 'A look at my life' which is noted on the item records on the archive catalogue. Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar in 1989 and transferred from the photograph collection in 2012.
Reference
TGA 8927

953 objects in this collection

  • Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar

    953 Objects

    • Photographs of animals

      48 Objects

    • Photographs of architecture

      94 Objects

    • Photographs of bridges

      9 Objects

    • Photographs of composed subjects

      61 Objects

    • Photographs of entrances

      15 Objects

    • Photographs of flowers, grasses and gardens

      16 Objects

    • Photographs of graveyards

      7 Objects

    • Photographs of groups of people

      91 Objects

    • Photographs of interiors

      2 Objects

    • Photographs of ironwork

      7 Objects

    • Photographs of ladders and steps

      14 Objects

    • Portrait photographs

      271 Objects

    • Photographs of rocks

      69 Objects

    • Photographs of sculpture, wall paintings and mosaics

      59 Objects

    • Photographs of seaside places, seaside views, beaches and piers

      41 Objects

    • Photographs of ships, boats and shipwrecks

      57 Objects

    • Photographs of snow scenes

      11 Objects

    • Photographs of trees and tree trunks

      31 Objects

    • Photographs of unrecognizable subjects

      5 Objects

    • Photographs of views, landscapes and townscapes

      20 Objects

    • Photographs of walls

      25 Objects

Title
Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar
Date
°Ú1930²õ–1960²õ±Õ
Description
This collection of Eileen's Agar's photographs have all been digitised. Most of the photographs were taken by Eileen Agar and her husband, Joseph Bard on their trips abroad, and around the UK, from the 1930s up until around 1960. Subjects of the photographs include architecture, landscapes, and seaside towns and villages, along with portrait and group photographs of Eileen, Joseph, and their friends, including notable artists and fellow surrealists such as Man Ray, Paul Éluard and Pablo Picasso. Some of the photographs relate to sections of Agar's autobiography, 'A look at my life' which is noted on the item records on the archive catalogue. Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the archive catalogue.
Reference
TGA 8927

Showing 461–480 of 953 objects

Photograph of Joseph Bard with a hat, neck scarf and pipe in Chard, Somerset

Eileen Agar
1938

Photograph of Joseph Bard with a hat, neckscarf and pipe outside a cottage in Chard, Somerset

Eileen Agar
1938

Double-exposure photograph of Joseph Bard and Eileen Agar standing in an alcove at the Hurlingham Club, London

Eileen Agar, Joseph Bard
[1930s]

Photograph of Joseph Bard taken by the sea

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of Joseph Bard taken near Antibes, France

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of Joseph Bard smoking on a sailing boat

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of Joseph Bard pretending to be a pirate, strangling Simone Dear

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of Joseph Bard sitting in a suit with a cane

Eileen Agar
[1930s]

Photograph of Joseph Bard lying against rocks on the beach

Eileen Agar
1930s

Photograph of Joseph Bard sitting with Dandy the dog

Joseph Bard
1930s

Photograph of Joseph Bard sitting with Dandy the dog

Eileen Agar
1930s

Photograph of Joseph Bard with Dandy the dog in a field

Eileen Agar
1930s

Photograph of Joseph Bard walking along a promenade with Dandy the dog

Eileen Agar
[1930s]

Photograph of Joseph Bard next to a statue in Bath

Eileen Agar
[1930s]

Photograph of Joseph Bard in his swimwear at the Hurlingham Club in London

Eileen Agar
[1930s]

Photograph of Joseph Bard buying an ice-cream from ‘Pierre’s Glaces’

Eileen Agar
1930s

Photograph of Joseph Bard in a garden

Eileen Agar
1930²õ–1940²õ

Photograph of Joseph Bard in a garden

Eileen Agar
1930²õ–1940²õ

Photograph of Joseph Bard wrestling with a deck chair

Eileen Agar
1930²õ–1940²õ

Photograph of Joseph Bard asleep in a deck chair

Eileen Agar
1930²õ–1940²õ
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