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Photograph of Joseph Bard standing by the window nude

Eileen Agar

Photograph of Joseph Bard standing by the window nude

1937

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Created by: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Title: Photograph of Joseph Bard standing by the window nude
Date: 1937
Medium: Negative
Dimensions: 68 × 61 mm
Description: Taken at a hotel near Cannes, France. Note with the copy print of this photograph states that this was possibly taken after the 'bat-infested night' (relayed to Tate from Eileen Agar). An account of this incident is available on page 135 of Eileen Agar's autobiography, 'A look at my life'.
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 8927/12/91

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Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar TGA 8927 (953)
- Portrait photographs TGA 8927/12 (271)
- - Photograph of Joseph Bard standing by the window nude TGA 8927/12/91