25th Feb, 2021 11:00

The Delighted Eye Part II: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer

 
  Lot 5 §
 

EILEEN AGAR, R.A. (1899–1991)

EILEEN AGAR, R.A. (1899–1991)
Spiral head
signed AGAR (lower right)
pencil and gouache
34.2 x 24.7 cm (13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in)
Executed in 1954


PROVENANCE:
Acquired from the artist

'The fantastic heads of mythical personae that she painted must have had their beginnings in the heads carved in the intaglios. Heads have always been a source of fascination and inspiration to Agar ever since she painted her self-portrait...in the mid-twenties... They blossomed forth in vibrant colours with their dynamic form and communicated her delight in the design of old stones.'

Allen Freer (from Eileen Agar – Angel of Audacity, unpublished manuscript, 1998)

Sold for £3,250

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