EILEEN AGAR, R.A. (1899-1991)

Lot 150
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Lot 150 | EILEEN AGAR, R.A. (1899-1991)
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EILEEN AGAR, R.A. (1899-1991)

Wandering Minstrel

signed 'AGAR' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'EILEEN AGAR/THE WANDERING MINSTREL/CIRCA 1932' (on the artist's label attached to the reverse)

oil on board

29 3/4 x 22 in. (75.6 x 55.8 cm.)

Painted circa 1932.





Provenance

Purchased by the present owner's family at the 1987 exhibition, and by descent.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Eileen Agar: A Retrospective, London, Birch & Conran, 1987, n.p., no. 3, illustrated.

E. Agar, A Look at My Life, London, 1988, n.p., pl. 2.

A. Lambirth, exhibition catalogue, Eileen Agar: An Eye for Collage, Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, 2008, p. 31, no. 8, illustrated.

M. Remy, Eileen Agar Dreaming oneself awake, London, 2017, pp. 42-43, pl. 15.



Exhibited

London, Birch & Conran, Eileen Agar: A Retrospective, July - August 1987, no. 3.

Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Eileen Agar: An Eye for Collage, October 2008 - March 2009, no. 8.



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