Eileen Agar

Photograph of Pico the monkey with Mollie Gordon

1956–6

Eileen Agar, ‘Photograph of Pico the monkey with Mollie Gordon’ 1956–6 — © Tate

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Created by: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Title: Photograph of Pico the monkey with Mollie Gordon
Date: 1956–6
Medium: Negative
Dimensions: 66 x 62 mm
Description: Taken at Sitio Litre, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife.
Format: Photograph - negative
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar in 1989 and transferred from the photograph collection in 2012.
Reference: TGA 8927/1/24

British Surrealism Surrealism

Archive context

Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar TGA 8927 (953)

Photographs of animals TGA 8927/1 (48)

Photograph of Pico the monkey with Mollie Gordon TGA 8927/1/24

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