David Bomberg 1890-1957
Study for Ghetto Theatre I, c. 1919
pencil, ink and wash on paper
26.4 x 19.4 cm
framed: 58.6 x 48.2 x 3.4 cm
framed: 58.6 x 48.2 x 3.4 cm
2010-13
© David Bomberg estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
The 'ghetto theatre', the Pavilion Theatre in Whitechapel, was a key source of inspiration for Bomberg in his exuberant and ambitious pre- First World War studies and paintings. After the...
The 'ghetto theatre', the Pavilion Theatre in Whitechapel, was a key source of inspiration for Bomberg in his exuberant and ambitious pre- First World War studies and paintings. After the trauma of the First World War and a disappointing war commission, Bomberg returned to the ghetto theatre for a final sequence of works before leaving both the East End and this subject matter for good.
Provenance
Acquired at Christie's London in 2010 with the assistance of Art Fund, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and anonymous donorsExhibitions
2013 Selected Highlights from over 200 works acquired during 2003-2013, Ben Uri Art Gallery
2018 Acquisitions and Long-Term Loan Highlights Since 2001, Ben Uri Gallery
2023 Futurliberty, Museo del Novecento
2024 US: From There to Here - Britain's Gain, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Literature
Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall, eds., Ben Uri: 100 Years in London - Art, Identity, Migration (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015), p. 63 (illus.);'Selected Highlights from over 200 works acquired during 2003-2013' (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2013) (illus.).
