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Personal papers of and artworks by Eileen Agar

1917–92

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Available online are items a range of Eileen Agar's artworks and writings which shed light on her working methods, including her extensive use of found objects, and her involvement in the Surrealist movement. Artworks which have been digitised include sculptures constructed from found objects and preparatory tracings for her series of paintings of rocks at Ploumanach. Several of Agar's writings and notebooks, which provide some insight into her life, working methods, and reflections on art, can also be seen online.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Eileen Agar 1899–1991
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Bequeathed to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar, 1992.
Reference
TGA 9222

239 objects in this collection

  • Personal papers of and artworks by Eileen Agar

    239 Objects

    • Correspondence

      3 Objects

    • Notebooks and writings

      11 Objects

    • Artworks

      101 Objects

    • Photographs

      124 Objects

      • Glass plate negatives

        124 Objects

Title
Glass plate negatives
Date
[c.1930–60]
Description
This sub-series consists of glass plate negatives of Agar, Joseph Bard and friends, as well as reproductions of plates from botanical and biological books, possibly used by Agar as inspiration for her artwork. A few of the slides have been painted or had patterns stuck to them (for instance TGA 9222/4/8/109-120), presumably by Agar.
Reference
TGA 9222/4/8

Showing 1–20 of 124 objects

Black and white glass lantern slide of Joseph Bard

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of Joseph Bard sunbathing by the side of a pool

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of Eileen Agar in profile

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of Mollie Gordon

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of Mollie Gordon sunbathing by the side of a pool

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of two women sitting on a wall

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of Valentine Penrose

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of Mollie Gordon

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of deck chairs

Eileen Agar
date not known

Black and white glass lantern slide of an unidentified boy

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of Mary Oliver holding a drink

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of an Ursula Goldfinger leaning back in a chair

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of an amphora encrusted with shells and barnacles

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of Ursula Goldfinger

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of Pamela Travers in a smock holding twigs with a cottage in the background

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of Julian Mackintosh on a horse

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of an unidentified man

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of Catherine de Villiers and Princess Dilkusha de Rohan in Sussex

Eileen Agar
[June 1941]

Black and white glass lantern slide of the head of a woman in Victorian or Edwardian clothes

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]

Black and white glass lantern slide of Mary Oliver on a bench

Eileen Agar
[c.1930–60]
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