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Artworks
David Bomberg 1890-1957
Ghetto Theatre, Study, c. 1920oil and pencil on paper laid on board31 x 41.5 cm
framed: 58 x 66.3 cmsigned (upper left): 'Bomberg'1987-49© Ben Uri Collection, courtesy of David Bomberg estatePhoto: Bridgeman imagesIn 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...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.Provenance
presented by Lilian Holt (the artist's widow) 1959Exhibitions
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 Gallery2018 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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