Personal papers of and artworks by Eileen Agar

1917–92

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

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

239 objects in this collection

Showing 41–60 of 124 objects

Colour glass lantern slide of fishing boats in harbour

Black and white glass lantern slide of surrealist artists at the International Surrealist Exhibition, London

Black and white glass lantern slide of Picasso on a beach

Black and white glass lantern slide of Joseph Bard on a balcony

Black and white glass lantern slide of the head of a Roman statue

Black and white glass lantern slide of cell structures

Black and white glass lantern slide of an illustration of a canyon with a river running through it

Black and white glass lantern slide of the exterior of a cathedral

Black and white glass lantern slide of a bridge captioned ‘Old Brig of Doon’

Black and white glass lantern slide of the exterior of a cathedral

Black and white glass lantern slide of Eileen Agar with an unidentified man

Black and white glass lantern slide of Erno Goldfinger seated in front of a wall of architectural drawings

Black and white glass lantern slide of a drawing of a mechanical device labelled ‘early steam engine’

Black and white glass lantern slide of a Greek or Roman relief showing two women, one with a quiver of arrows

Colour glass lantern slide of a diagram of a human ribcage

Black and white glass lantern slide of a misericord in Lingfield church labelled ‘Voices from the Past. Part 2. Miserers Lingfield’

Colour glass lantern slide of a drawing of a skeleton

Colour glass lantern slide of Joseph Bard and Mollie Gordona seated, wearing bathing costumes

Black and white glass lantern slide of marble columns

Colour glass lantern slide of an unidentified internal organ

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