Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar

[1930s–1960s]

This collection of Eileen's Agar's photographs have all been digitised. Most of the photographs were taken by Eileen Agar and her husband, Joseph Bard on their trips abroad, and around the UK, from the 1930s up until around 1960. Subjects of the photographs include architecture, landscapes, and seaside towns and villages, along with portrait and group photographs of Eileen, Joseph, and their friends, including notable artists and fellow surrealists such as Man Ray, Paul Éluard and Pablo Picasso. Some of the photographs relate to sections of Agar's autobiography, 'A look at my life' which is noted on the item records on the archive catalogue. Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the archive catalogue.

Collection Owner: Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar in 1989 and transferred from the photograph collection in 2012.
Reference: TGA 8927

953 objects in this collection

Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar

953 Objects

Title: Portrait photographs
Date: [1930s–1960s]
Description: Series features photographs of Eileen Agar and her husband Joseph Bard, as well as photographs taken by Eileen Agar of other people including: Ernð Goldfinger, Lee Miller, Valentine Penrose; Pablo Picasso; P.L. Travers; Man Ray; and Alec Waugh. Photographs were taken during Eileen and Joseph's trips abroad and visits to friends and family, in the UK, France, Italy and Tenerife. Some of these trips are referenced in Eileen Agar's autography, 'A look at my life' in which some of these images featured. (See item level notes).
Reference: TGA 8927/12

953 objects in this collection

Showing 241–260 of 271 objects

Photograph of a woman sitting on a picnic blanket

Photograph of a girl buried in the sand at the beach

Photograph of a man sleeping on a bench

Photograph of a boy with a bunch of balloons

Photograph of a woman standing next to a building

Photograph of a woman in a harbour

Photograph of a woman by the sea

Photograph of the maid sitting outside Sitio Litre, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife

Photograph of the maid walking outside Sitio Litre, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife

Photograph of a maid in the village at Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife

Photograph of a woman in a pergola

Photograph of a woman outside a thatched-roof cottage, with Dandy the dog in the foreground

Photograph of a singing woman

Photograph of a woman in a fur coat

Photograph of a woman in a deck chair

Photograph of a woman next to stone building by the sea

Photograph of an unknown woman

Photograph of an unknown woman

Photograph of an unknown woman

Photograph of an unknown woman

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