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
- 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
Showing 19 objects
Eileen Agar Human skull painted gold and decorated with small sea shells
[1921–4]
Eileen Agar Sculpture resembling a bunch of grapes on a plinth
[1973]
Eileen Agar Stone painted green with blue star painted on it
[28 June 1986]
Eileen Agar Crescent shaped wood carving
date not known
Eileen Agar Oval stone with face painted on it
date not known
Eileen Agar Sculpture of a bird
date not known
Eileen Agar Sculpture consisting of a stone coloured orange and wrapped in small vertebrae strung on thick string
date not known
Eileen Agar Sculpture consisting of a nautilus shell glued to a clam shell
date not known
Eileen Agar Sculpture consisting of a piece of coral glued to a plastic tripod
date not known
Eileen Agar Wooden mask
date not known
Eileen Agar Sculpture consisting of a shell stuck on top of sea urchin mounted on a base made out of woven bark
date not known
Eileen Agar Painted shell
date not known
Eileen Agar Glazed ceramic bowl
date not known
Eileen Agar Sheep’s skull
date not known
Eileen Agar Partial skull of an unidentified animal
date not known
Eileen Agar Sculpture consisting of a vertebrae glued to a stone
date not known
Eileen Agar Ceramic handle less cup decorated with a geometric pattern in black on a pale brown background
date not known
Eileen Agar Sculpture consisting of two carved cylindrical objects mounted on a block of marble
date not known