Eileen Agar

Photograph of a boat on the beach by the cliffs

[1947]

Eileen Agar, ‘Photograph of a boat on the beach by the cliffs’ [1947] — © Tate

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Created by: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Title: Photograph of a boat on the beach by the cliffs
Date: [1947]
Medium: Black and white print
Dimensions: 57 × 57 mm
Description: Possibly taken in Hastings.
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 8927/16/45

British Surrealism Surrealism

Archive context

Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar TGA 8927 (953)

Photographs of ships, boats and shipwrecks TGA 8927/16 (57)

Photograph of a boat on the beach by the cliffs TGA 8927/16/45

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