Paul Nash, recipient: Eileen Agar

Illustrated letter from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar

[July 1935]

Eileen Agar, ‘Page 1’ [July 1935] — © Tate

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Created by: Paul Nash 1889–1946
Recipient: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Title: Illustrated letter from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar
Date: [July 1935]
Description: Regarding Eileen's gift of painted shells and his anticipation of receiving a gift of a tern's skull. Also asking Eileen to measure and provide further information about the dimensions of a shed. First page includes drawings of a female face and a [tern's] skull being passed from one person's hand to another's. Second page includes a drawing of a building with dimensions.
Format: Document - correspondence
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar, August 1987.
Reference: TGA 8712/1/3

Art informel British Surrealism Pittura metafisica (metaphysical art) Post-impressionism Surrealism Tachisme Unit One

Archive context

Correspondence and small art works from Paul Nash and general correspondence to Eileen Agar TGA 8712 (64)

Letters and postcards from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar TGA 8712/1 (54)

Illustrated letter from Paul Nash to Eileen Agar TGA 8712/1/3

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