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Becoming Gustav Metzger
Uncovering The Early Years, 1945-59

Becoming Gustav Metzger: Uncovering The Early Years, 1945-59

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  • Gustav Metzger’s palette, c. 1940s Oil on board 28 x 38cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger’s palette, c. 1940s

    Oil on board

    28 x 38cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head of a Girl, c. 1948-49 Charcoal on paper 56 x 46cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Head of a Girl, c. 1948-49

    Charcoal on paper

    56 x 46cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head of a Man, 1948-49, Pencil on paper 39 x 30cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Head of a Man, 1948-49, 

    Pencil on paper

    39 x 30cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head of a Man, 1948-49 Pencil on paper 34 x 28cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Head of a Man, 1948-49

    Pencil on paper

    34 x 28cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head of a Man, c. 1951-53 Oil on board 50.7 x 41.5cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Head of a Man, c. 1951-53

    Oil on board

    50.7 x 41.5cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head of a Man, c. 1951-1953 Oil on board 50.6 x 40cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Head of a Man, c. 1951-1953

    Oil on board

    50.6 x 40cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head, c. 1950-53, Oil on board 26 x 17cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Head, c. 1950-53, 

    Oil on board

    26 x 17cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head of a Man, c. 1952 Chalk on paper 86 x 64cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Head of a Man, c. 1952

    Chalk on paper

    86 x 64cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head of E Royalton-Kisch, 1950 Oil on canvas, 69.4 x 62.2cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Head of E Royalton-Kisch, 1950

    Oil on canvas, 69.4 x 62.2cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Head, 1948, Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 47.3cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger 

    Head, 1948,

    Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 47.3cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Antwerp model, 1949 Oil on canvas, 92 x 70.5cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Antwerp model, 1949

    Oil on canvas, 92 x 70.5cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Untitled, c. 1945-47 Oil on board, 102 x 76cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Untitled, c. 1945-47

    Oil on board, 102 x 76cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Untitled, c.1945-47 Oil on board 121 x 47cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Untitled, c.1945-47

    Oil on board

    121 x 47cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Seated Woman, c. 1945-47 Oil on board, 91 x 43cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Seated Woman, c. 1945-47 

    Oil on board, 91 x 43cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Self-Portrait, An Undefiled, 1946 Oil on canvas 91 x 56cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Self-Portrait, An Undefiled, 1946

    Oil on canvas

    91 x 56cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger, Head of Cliff Holden, 1946 Oil on board 123 x 90 cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger, 

    Head of Cliff Holden, 1946

    Oil on board

    123 x 90 cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Eroica, Funeral March, 1946 Oil on board 92 x 151cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Eroica, Funeral March, 1946

    Oil on board

    92 x 151cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Girl at Hunstanton (later titled Girl at Bus Window: Autumn 1956), 1957 Oil on canvas 127 x 85 cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation.

    Gustav Metzger

    Girl at Hunstanton(later titled Girl at Bus Window: Autumn 1956), 1957

    Oil on canvas

    127 x 85 cm. 

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation.

     

  • Gustav Metzger Table, 1956 Oil on canvas 35.5 x 30cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Table, 1956

    Oil on canvas

    35.5 x 30cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Table, 1956 Oil on canvas 30 x 25cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Table, 1956

    Oil on canvas

    30 x 25cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Table, 1956 Coloured chalk on paper 56 x 46cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Table, 1956

    Coloured chalk on paper

    56 x 46cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Table, 1956 Coloured chalk on paper 46 x 46cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Table, 1956

    Coloured chalk on paper

    46 x 46cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

  • Gustav Metzger Painting on Cardboard Oil on found kodak box, c. 1961-62 68.4 x 59.4cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Painting on Cardboard

    Oil on found kodak box, c. 1961-62

    68.4 x 59.4cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Painting on Cardboard Oil on found Kodak box, c.1961-62 70 x 100cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation.

    Gustav Metzger

    Painting on Cardboard

    Oil on found Kodak box, c.1961-62

    70 x 100cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation.

  • Gustav Metzger Painting, c. 1958-60 Oil on board 22 x 28cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Painting, c. 1958-60

    Oil on board

    22 x 28cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Painting, c. 1957-58 Oil on board, 35 x 28cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Painting, c. 1957-58

    Oil on board, 35 x 28cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Composition, c.1950- 1953 Charcoal and coloured chalk on paper 28.5 x 38cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Composition, c.1950- 1953

    Charcoal and coloured chalk on paper

    28.5 x 38cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, 1950 Ink on paper 25.2 x 29.5cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, 1950

    Ink on paper

    25.2 x 29.5cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

     

  • Gustav Metzger Antwerp, 1949 Ink on paper 18 x 23cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Antwerp, 1949

    Ink on paper

    18 x 23cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Antwerp, 1949 Ink on paper, 18 x 23cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Antwerp, 1949

    Ink on paper, 18 x 23cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • David Bomberg Benchers Hall, Inner Temple,1947 Charcoal on paper 47 x 60cm. Ben Uri Collection Presented from a Private Collection 2015

    David Bomberg

    Benchers Hall, Inner Temple,1947

    Charcoal on paper

    47 x 60cm.

    Ben Uri Collection

    Presented from a Private Collection 2015

  • Gustav Metzger Building, c. 1949-53 Oil on canvas 43 x 40cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Building, c. 1949-53

    Oil on canvas

    43 x 40cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Gustav Metzger Portrait, c. 1949-50 Oil on board 84.5 x 56.4cm. The Gustav Metzger Foundation

    Gustav Metzger

    Portrait, c. 1949-50

    Oil on board

    84.5 x 56.4cm.

    The Gustav Metzger Foundation

     

  • Jacob Epstein Lydia, 1931 Bronze 48 x 40 x 20 cm. Ben Uri Collection Bequest of Ethel Solomon

    Jacob Epstein

    Lydia, 1931

    Bronze

    48 x 40 x 20 cm.

    Ben Uri Collection

    Bequest of Ethel Solomon

  • Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Sculptural Head of Brodzky, c. 1913, Black chalk on paper 48 x 36cm. Ben Uri Collection Purchased at Christie’s London in March 2018 through the support of three great friends of Manya Igel in her honour

    Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

    Sculptural Head of Brodzky, c. 1913,

    Black chalk on paper

    48 x 36cm.

    Ben Uri Collection

    Purchased at Christie’s London in March 2018 through the support of three great friends of Manya Igel in her honour

  • Kurt Schwitters für Frau Fränkel,1927 Collage 40 x 34cm Ben Uri Collection Purchased from the family of Else Fraenkel 2019

    Kurt Schwitters

    für Frau Fränkel,1927

    Collage

    40 x 34cm

    Ben Uri Collection

    Purchased from the family of Else Fraenkel 2019

  • Leon Kossoff Portrait of N.M Seedo, c. 1957 Charcoal on paper 109 x 77cm. Ben Uri Collection

    Leon Kossoff

    Portrait of N.M Seedo, c. 1957

    Charcoal on paper

    109 x 77cm.

    Ben Uri Collection

     

  • David Bomberg Portrait of John Rodker, c.1931 Oil on canvas 71.5 x 57cm. Ben Uri Collection Presented by Joan Rodker 2008

    David Bomberg

    Portrait of John Rodker, c.1931

    Oil on canvas

    71.5 x 57cm.

    Ben Uri Collection

    Presented by Joan Rodker 2008

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