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Composition, 1936 (© Estate of Eileen Agar)
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© Estate of Eileen Agar

Composition, 1936

Artist: Eileen Agar (1899 - 1991)

Location: Southampton City Art Gallery

Date: 1936

Materials: mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 38.3 x 56.1cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £4,500)

Vendor: Mayor Gallery

Review number: 5627 (2005)

Provenance:
Private collection; Mayor Gallery, London.

Description:
This composition evokes a floating and dream-like state, populated by animal and plant-life motifs and abstract design typical of the artist's oeuvre. The work was made in the year of the ground-breaking International Surrealist Exhibition in London.

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