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Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar

°Ú1930²õ–1960²õ±Õ

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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

  • Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar

    953 Objects

    • Photographs of animals

      48 Objects

    • Photographs of architecture

      94 Objects

    • Photographs of bridges

      9 Objects

    • Photographs of composed subjects

      61 Objects

    • Photographs of entrances

      15 Objects

    • Photographs of flowers, grasses and gardens

      16 Objects

    • Photographs of graveyards

      7 Objects

    • Photographs of groups of people

      91 Objects

    • Photographs of interiors

      2 Objects

    • Photographs of ironwork

      7 Objects

    • Photographs of ladders and steps

      14 Objects

    • Portrait photographs

      271 Objects

    • Photographs of rocks

      69 Objects

    • Photographs of sculpture, wall paintings and mosaics

      59 Objects

    • Photographs of seaside places, seaside views, beaches and piers

      41 Objects

    • Photographs of ships, boats and shipwrecks

      57 Objects

    • Photographs of snow scenes

      11 Objects

    • Photographs of trees and tree trunks

      31 Objects

    • Photographs of unrecognizable subjects

      5 Objects

    • Photographs of views, landscapes and townscapes

      20 Objects

    • Photographs of walls

      25 Objects

Title
Photographs of composed subjects
Date
°Ú1930²õ–1950²õ±Õ
Description
Including natural forms, still lives and unusual objects.
Reference
TGA 8927/4

Showing 1–20 of 61 objects

Photograph of a painting entitled, ‘The autobiography of an embryo’

Eileen Agar
1933–4

Photograph of a figurehead by a harbour

Eileen Agar
[1934]

Photograph of a figurehead and a wheel

Eileen Agar
[1934]

Photograph of nets by a harbour

Eileen Agar
[1934]

Photograph of Boubenec’s Boucherie near Ploumanach, France

Eileen Agar
1936

Photograph of coffin lids

Eileen Agar
1937

Photograph of a workshop near Mougins, France

Eileen Agar
1937

Photograph entitled ‘Hat still-life’

Eileen Agar
1937

Photograph entitled, ‘Two surreal birds making water’

Eileen Agar
[1937]

Photograph entitled, ‘Industrial still-life I’

Eileen Agar
1937

Photograph entitled, ‘Industrial still-life II’

Eileen Agar
1937

Photograph of tall structures, possibly groynes, taken in Knokke, Belgium

Eileen Agar
1938

Photograph of a telegraph tower

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of a rope and some boots

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph entitled, ‘This way please!’

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of an amphora

Eileen Agar
1939

Photograph of a buoy in a harbour

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of a buoy in a harbour

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of a scarecrow

Eileen Agar
[1939]

Photograph of a wheel pump water fountain

Eileen Agar
[1930s]
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