A mixed media work on paper by Eileen Agar (1899–1991), dated 1961. Agar was a key figure in British modernism, known for her work in surrealism and abstraction. She exhibited alongside the Surrealists in the 1930s and continued to develop a highly individual practice that combined found materials, painterly forms, and playful compositional structures.
Picture Puzzle reflects Agar’s interest in layering, visual ambiguity, and the imaginative potential of materials. The work is presented in a gilt and polychrome frame, echoing the decorative sensibility that often informed her assemblages and collages.
Origin: British
Period/Style: Abstract
Date: 1961
Material: Mixed media on paper, gilt and polychrome frame
Dimensions: 27.5cm × 22.5cm
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A mixed media work on paper by Eileen Agar (1899–1991), dated 1961. Agar was a key figure in British modernism, known for her work in surrealism and abstraction. She exhibited alongside the Surrealists in the 1930s and continued to develop a highly individual practice that combined found materials, painterly forms, and playful compositional structures.
Picture Puzzle reflects Agar’s interest in layering, visual ambiguity, and the imaginative potential of materials. The work is presented in a gilt and polychrome frame, echoing the decorative sensibility that often informed her assemblages and collages.
Origin: British
Period/Style: Abstract
Date: 1961
Material: Mixed media on paper, gilt and polychrome frame
Dimensions: 27.5cm × 22.5cm
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