Photograph collection belonging to Eileen Agar

[1930s–1960s]

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

Title: Photographs of ships, boats and shipwrecks
Date: [1930s–1961]
Description: Photographs taken by Eileen Agar while on trips to Venice, and seaside locations around the UK, Tenerife and France, along with photographs of ships she boarded such as the Titania, and 'Blue star liner' on her trip to Stockholm.
Reference: TGA 8927/16

953 objects in this collection

Showing 1–20 of 57 objects

Photograph of a sailing boat with two people onboard

Photograph of a sailing boat in the harbour in Bridport, by Legg’s refreshments rooms

Photograph of a sailing boat by the harbour in Bridport

Photograph of the harbour in Bridport with a sailing boat

Photograph of a tall ship anchored in the harbour in Bridport

Photograph of a tall ship and small boats in the harbour in Bridport

Photograph of the bow of a tall ship at the harbour in Bridport

Photograph of a sailing boat at a harbour

Photograph of a boat named ‘Thalassa NYYC’ in a harbour

Photograph of a ship docked in a harbour

Photograph of fishermen at the harbour in Bridport, Dorset

Photograph of a yacht in a harbour

Photograph of a yacht in a harbour

Photograph of boats in a port

Photograph of boats in a port

Photograph of the ‘Titania’

Photograph of a boat with the name ‘T-4179’ in a port in France

Photograph of ropes and nets at a port in St Tropez, France

Photograph of drying nets in a harbour in Stockholm

Photograph of people looking at boats at the port in Toulon, France

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