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Personal papers of and artworks by Eileen Agar

1917–92

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Available online are items a range of Eileen Agar's artworks and writings which shed light on her working methods, including her extensive use of found objects, and her involvement in the Surrealist movement. Artworks which have been digitised include sculptures constructed from found objects and preparatory tracings for her series of paintings of rocks at Ploumanach. Several of Agar's writings and notebooks, which provide some insight into her life, working methods, and reflections on art, can also be seen online.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Bequeathed to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar, 1992.
Reference
TGA 9222

239 objects in this collection

  • Personal papers of and artworks by Eileen Agar

    239 Objects

    • Correspondence

      3 Objects

    • Notebooks and writings

      11 Objects

    • Artworks

      101 Objects

    • Photographs

      124 Objects

      • Glass plate negatives

        124 Objects

Title
Photographs
Date
1917–91
Description
This series contains photographs of Agar's artwork, photographs of Agar and other people, and photographs of places, including Ploumanach. For other photographs of and by Agar, please see TGA 8927.
Reference
TGA 9222/4

Showing 121–124 of 124 objects

Black and white glass lantern slide of a shape made up of thin lines in a geometric pattern, similar to a polygon mesh

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of a shape made up of thin lines in a geometric pattern, similar to a polygon mesh

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of rocks at Ploumanach

Eileen Agar
[1936]

Black and white glass lantern slide of rocks at Ploumanach

Eileen Agar
[1936]
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