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

2010-13

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...

Provenance

Acquired at Christie's London in 2010 with the assistance of Art Fund, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and anonymous donors

Exhibitions

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.).

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