Eileen Agar

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

[1939]

Eileen Agar, ‘Photograph of Joseph Bard pretending to be a pirate, strangling Simone Dear’ [1939] — © Tate

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Created by: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Title: Photograph of Joseph Bard pretending to be a pirate, strangling Simone Dear
Date: [1939]
Medium: Modern copy print
Dimensions: 93 × 89 mm
Description: Taken onboard a sailing boat off the South coast of England.
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar in 1989 and transferred from the photograph collection in 2012.
Reference: TGA 8927/12/103

British Surrealism Surrealism

Archive context

Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar TGA 8927 (953)

Portrait photographs TGA 8927/12 (271)

Photograph of Joseph Bard pretending to be a pirate, strangling Simone Dear TGA 8927/12/103

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