§ (The Delighted Eye Part II: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer, 25th February 2021) EILEEN AGAR R.A. (1899–1991) EILEEN AGAR R.A. (1899-1991) Prospero's Island, Tenerife signed AGAR (lower right) pencil and gouache 19 x 25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in) Executed in 1952 PROVENANCE: Acquired from the artist EXHIBITED: Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Eileen Agar An Eye for Collage, 2008 "Prospero’s Island is the result of work on the south side of the island: a harsh landscape most admirably evoked by her subtle use of varied browns. These forms grow bolder and are enhanced by her use of stencils. The title is significant as Tenerife is indeed the magic island where Caliban exists as well as Prospero, both characters from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Ariel’s songs are heard between breaker and resounding breaker, celebrating that metamorphosis beloved of the surrealists: ‘Those are pearls that were his eyes…’ " Allen Freer (Eileen Agar Angel of Audacity, unpublished manuscript, Allen Freer) Eileen Agar and her husband Josef Bard visited the island of Tenerife 1951-56. She was enchanted with the island - it was, she said, 'when colour came into my life'.
§ (The Delighted Eye Part II: Works from the Collection of Allen and Beryl Freer, 25th February 2021) EILEEN AGAR R.A. (1899–1991) EILEEN AGAR R.A. (1899-1991) Prospero's Island, Tenerife signed AGAR (lower right) pencil and gouache 19 x 25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in) Executed in 1952 PROVENANCE: Acquired from the artist EXHIBITED: Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Eileen Agar An Eye for Collage, 2008 "Prospero’s Island is the result of work on the south side of the island: a harsh landscape most admirably evoked by her subtle use of varied browns. These forms grow bolder and are enhanced by her use of stencils. The title is significant as Tenerife is indeed the magic island where Caliban exists as well as Prospero, both characters from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Ariel’s songs are heard between breaker and resounding breaker, celebrating that metamorphosis beloved of the surrealists: ‘Those are pearls that were his eyes…’ " Allen Freer (Eileen Agar Angel of Audacity, unpublished manuscript, Allen Freer) Eileen Agar and her husband Josef Bard visited the island of Tenerife 1951-56. She was enchanted with the island - it was, she said, 'when colour came into my life'.
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