Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar
°Ú1930²õ–1960²õ±Õ
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
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Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar
953 Objects
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Photographs of animals
48 Objects
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Photographs of architecture
94 Objects
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Photographs of bridges
9 Objects
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Photographs of composed subjects
61 Objects
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Photographs of entrances
15 Objects
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Photographs of flowers, grasses and gardens
16 Objects
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Photographs of graveyards
7 Objects
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Photographs of groups of people
91 Objects
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Photographs of interiors
2 Objects
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Photographs of ironwork
7 Objects
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Photographs of ladders and steps
14 Objects
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Portrait photographs
271 Objects
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Photographs of rocks
69 Objects
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Photographs of sculpture, wall paintings and mosaics
59 Objects
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Photographs of seaside places, seaside views, beaches and piers
41 Objects
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Photographs of ships, boats and shipwrecks
57 Objects
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Photographs of snow scenes
11 Objects
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Photographs of trees and tree trunks
31 Objects
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Photographs of unrecognizable subjects
5 Objects
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Photographs of views, landscapes and townscapes
20 Objects
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Photographs of walls
25 Objects
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- Title
- Portrait photographs
- Date
- °Ú1930²õ–1960²õ±Õ
- 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
