Eileen Agar

Photograph of Hugh Mackintosh up a tree

1939

Eileen Agar, ‘Photograph of Hugh Mackintosh up a tree’ 1939 — © Tate

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Created by: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Title: Photograph of Hugh Mackintosh up a tree
Date: 1939
Medium: Negative
Dimensions: 81 × 76 mm
Description: Hugh Mackintosh was Eileen Agar's brother-in-law. Photograph was taken in Port-Cros, France which may have been a stop en route to Sorrento, Italy. (Information relayed from Eileen Agar).
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 8927/12/204

British Surrealism Surrealism

Archive context

Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar TGA 8927 (953)

Portrait photographs TGA 8927/12 (271)

Photograph of Hugh Mackintosh up a tree TGA 8927/12/204

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