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: Personal papers of and artworks by Eileen Agar
Date: 1917–92
Description: 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.
Reference: TGA 9222

239 objects in this collection

Showing 201–220 of 239 objects

Colour glass lantern slide of a cross-section of an internal organ, possibly a kidney

Colour glass lantern slide of a diagram of the skeleton and musculature of a human seen from the front

Colour glass lantern slide of a diagram of the musculature of a human seen from the back

Colour glass lantern slide of a diagram showing the eyeball, brain, and nerves of a human

Black and white glass lantern slide of a drawing of a bunch of carrots on a table

Black and white glass lantern slide of a botanical drawing of a stalk of Brussels sprouts

Black and white glass lantern slide of a botanical drawing of various flowers (including snowdrops) showing roots and individual petals

Black and white glass lantern slide of a botanical drawing of an unidentified plant

Black and white glass lantern slide of a botanical drawing showing a method of grafting one plant onto another

Black and white glass lantern slide of a botanical drawing of a flower arrangement

Black and white glass lantern slide of a botanical drawing of grapes

Black and white glass lantern slide of a microscopic view of the spores of club-root disease of turnips

Black and white glass lantern slide of a botanical drawing of pears

Black and white glass lantern slide of a botanical drawing of an unidentified plant

Black and white glass lantern slide of a Maltese cross from the Mexican codices

Black and white glass lantern slide of a drawing of a Mexican statue

Black and white glass lantern slide of an Aztec-style drawing captioned ‘Ancient initiatory ceremony depicted on a vase from Chama, Mexico’

Black and white glass lantern slide of an African artefact captioned ‘Chivita’

Black and white glass lantern slide of an African-style drawing captioned ‘Namungumi’

Black and white glass lantern slide of a picture of a vase, possibly from Africa, carved with the shape of a turtle and geometric lines

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