Eileen Agar

Photograph of a shepherd’s hut

1936

Eileen Agar, ‘Photograph of a shepherd’s hut’ 1936 — © Tate

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Created by: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Title: Photograph of a shepherd’s hut
Date: 1936
Medium: Negative
Dimensions: 58 × 61 mm
Description: Taken in Ploumanach, France.
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 8927/2/1

British Surrealism Surrealism

Archive context

Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar TGA 8927 (953)

Photographs of architecture TGA 8927/2 (94)

Photograph of a shepherd's hut TGA 8927/2/1

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