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David Bomberg
1890-1957

David Bomberg 1890-1957

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: David Bomberg, Ghetto Theatre, Study, c. 1920

David Bomberg 1890-1957

Ghetto Theatre, Study, c. 1920
oil and pencil on paper laid on board
31 x 41.5 cm
framed: 58 x 66.3 cm
signed (upper left): 'Bomberg'
1987-49
© Ben Uri Collection, courtesy of David Bomberg estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
In this undated Ghetto Theatre Study, both Bomberg’s handling and colour are less constrained than in the final finished oil and his subjects, consequently, appear freer and livelier as the...
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In this undated Ghetto Theatre Study, both Bomberg’s handling and colour are less constrained than in the final finished oil and his subjects, consequently, appear freer and livelier as the artist captures their sense of expectation and restlessness.
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Provenance

presented by Lilian Holt (the artist's widow) 1959

Exhibitions

1976 Original Vicky Cartoons and Drawings together with items from the permanent collection, Ben Uri Art Gallery

1977 Selections from the Permanent Collection: Watercolours, Drawings, Graphics, Ben Uri Gallery

1990 David Bomberg: Centenary Exhibition, Works on Paper, Gillian Jason Gallery

1994 Jewish Artists: The Ben Uri Collection, Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture, Ben Uri Art Society

2007 Bomberg's Relevance, Ben Uri Gallery - The London Jewish Museum of Art

2009 Homeless & Hidden 1: World Class Collection Homeless & Hidden, Ben Uri Gallery

2015 No Set Rules: A Century of Selected Works from the Schlee Collection, Southampton, and the Ben Uri Collection, London, Ben Uri Gallery

2018 Exodus: masterworks from the Ben Uri Collection, Bushey Museum

2023 Futurliberty, Museo del Novecento

Literature

Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall, eds., Bomberg (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2017) pp.81-87 (illus. included); 

Sarah MacDougall ed., 'No Set Rules: A Century of Selected Works from the Schlee Collection, Southampton, and the Ben Uri Collection, London' (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015), pp. 34-35 (illus. included); 

Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Camden (London: The Public Catalogue Foundation, 2013), p.9 (illus. included); 

Walter Schwab and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 29.


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