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Joseph Bard

Photograph of Eileen Agar lying on a beach with a plastic swan and a rubber shark

September 1938

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Created by
Joseph Bard 1882–1975
Title
Photograph of Eileen Agar lying on a beach with a plastic swan and a rubber shark
Date
September 1938
Medium
Negative
Dimensions
64 × 60 mm
Description
Taken in Knokke, Belgium. Eileen Agar refers to this trip on page 143 of her autobiography, 'A look at my life'.
Format
Photograph - negative
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to Tate Archive by Eileen Agar in 1989 and transferred from the photograph collection in 2012.
Reference
TGA 8927/12/21
British Surrealism Surrealism

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  • Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar TGA 8927 (953)
    • Portrait photographs TGA 8927/12 (271)
      • Photograph of Eileen Agar lying on a beach with a plastic swan and a rubber shark TGA 8927/12/21
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