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Personal papers of and artworks by Eileen Agar

1917–92

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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

    • Correspondence

      3 Objects

    • Notebooks and writings

      11 Objects

    • Artworks

      101 Objects

      • Sketches, drawings and paintings

        35 Objects

      • Three-dimensional works

        19 Objects

      • Source material

        47 Objects

    • Photographs

      124 Objects

Title
Three-dimensional works
Date
[c.1973–c.1989]
Description
The works in this series are primarily composed of found objects. Agar, whose preferred working method was collage, often incorporated 'found objects' within her paintings, drawings and sculptural pieces physically and as represented motifs.
Reference
TGA 9222/3/2

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Human skull painted gold and decorated with small sea shells

Eileen Agar
[1921–4]

Sculpture resembling a bunch of grapes on a plinth

Eileen Agar
[1973]

Stone painted green with blue star painted on it

Eileen Agar
[28 June 1986]

Crescent shaped wood carving

Eileen Agar
date not known

Oval stone with face painted on it

Eileen Agar
date not known

Sculpture of a bird

Eileen Agar
date not known

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

Eileen Agar
date not known

Sculpture consisting of a nautilus shell glued to a clam shell

Eileen Agar
date not known

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

Eileen Agar
date not known

Wooden mask

Eileen Agar
date not known

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

Eileen Agar
date not known

Painted shell

Eileen Agar
date not known

Glazed ceramic bowl

Eileen Agar
date not known

Sheep’s skull

Eileen Agar
date not known

Partial skull of an unidentified animal

Eileen Agar
date not known

Sculpture consisting of a vertebrae glued to a stone

Eileen Agar
date not known

Ceramic handle less cup decorated with a geometric pattern in black on a pale brown background

Eileen Agar
date not known

Sculpture consisting of a lotus flower made out of brass and glass mounted in a metal dish and surrounded by fish and flower shapes

Eileen Agar
date not known

Sculpture consisting of two carved cylindrical objects mounted on a block of marble

Eileen Agar
date not known
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