David Bomberg, Sappers Under Hill 60, c. 1918-19

David Bomberg 1890-1957

Sappers Under Hill 60, c. 1918-19

pencil, ink and wash on paper

12 x 16 cm

2010-14

Photo: Bridgeman images

Bomberg was commissioned in 1917 by the Canadian War Memorials Fund to commemorate an incident in which a company of Canadian soldiers dug tunnels under the German trenches to lay...

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

Nash, Nevinson, Spencer, Gertler, Carrington, Bomberg: A Crisis of Brilliance, 1908-1922;Screaming Steel: Art, Poetry and Trauma 1914-18

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