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 41–60 of 239 objects

Abstract painting

Abstract drawing resembling an eye

Piece of paper cut out and painted in the shape of an African mask

Abstract painting of a standing figure overlaid by straight lines

Abstract drawing of a fruit bowl

Abstract painting of a seated man

Collage consisting of a leaf and flower cut-out of paper and pasted onto foam

Collage of a head in profile formed by cutting a shape out of black paper and pasting it over patterned paper

Collage consisting of the lower legs of a statue cut out of a magazine or photograph and glued onto a painting of the head and torso of a man

Human skull painted gold and decorated with small sea shells

Sculpture resembling a bunch of grapes on a plinth

Stone painted green with blue star painted on it

Crescent shaped wood carving

Oval stone with face painted on it

Sculpture of a bird

Sculpture consisting of a stone coloured orange and wrapped in small vertebrae strung on thick string

Sculpture consisting of a nautilus shell glued to a clam shell

Sculpture consisting of a piece of coral glued to a plastic tripod

Wooden mask

Sculpture consisting of a shell stuck on top of sea urchin mounted on a base made out of woven bark

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