Eileen Agar

Photograph of ‘Angel of anarchy’ (second version)

c.1940–3

Eileen Agar, ‘Photograph of ‘Angel of anarchy’ (second version)’ c.1940–3 — © Tate

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Created by: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Title: Photograph of ‘Angel of anarchy’ (second version)
Date: c.1940–3
Medium: Negative
Dimensions: 68 × 38 mm
Description: This is a slightly different version of Eileen Agar's 'Angel of anarchy' which is at Tate Britain (Tate: T03809).
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 8927/14/19

British Surrealism Surrealism

Archive context

Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar TGA 8927 (953)

Photographs of sculpture, wall paintings and mosaics TGA 8927/14 (59)

Photograph of 'Angel of anarchy' (second version) TGA 8927/14/19

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