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Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Andrew Lambirth - Title
- Typewritten lecture entitled ‘Surrealism in England in the 1930s’ given by Andrew Lambirth and Eileen Agar at the Royal College of Art
- Date
- [1988]
- Description
- This includes references to 'The autobiography of an embryo' and 'Angel of anarchy'.
- Format
- Document - writings
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Bequeathed to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar, 1992.
- Reference
- TGA 9222/2/3/3
Archive context
- Personal papers of and artworks by Eileen Agar TGA 9222 (239)
- Notebooks and writings TGA 9222/2 (11)
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