David Bomberg 1890-1957
The Family (Study for Ghetto Theatre II), 1919
pencil, ink and wash on paper
25.4 x 19.7 cm
2010-12
© David Bomberg estate
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...
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 trauma of the First World War and a disappointing war commission, Bomberg returned to the ghetto theatre for a final sequence of works before leaving both the East End and this subject matter for good. This interior reflects the claustrophobia of his commissioned 'sappers' drawings.
Provenance
Acquired at Christie's London in 2010 with the assistance of Art Fund, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and anonymous donorsRelated artists
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Frank Auerbach
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Nasser Azam
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Naomi Blake
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David Bomberg
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Horace Brodzky
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Hugo Dachinger
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Shmuel Dresner
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Ernst Eisenmayer
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Jacob Epstein
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Frederick Feigl
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Elsa Fraenkel
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Eva Frankfurther
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L. Michèle Franklin
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
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Mark Gertler
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Hilde Goldschmidt
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Dora Gordine
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Roman Halter
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Josef Herman
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Dora Holzhandler
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Tam Joseph
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Kalman Kemeny
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R. B. Kitaj
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Clara Klinghoffer
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Emmanuel Levy
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Bianca Lowenstein
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Bernard Meninsky
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Gregoire Michonze
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Suzanne Perlman
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Orovida Pissarro
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Lottie Reizenstein
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Lancelot Ribeiro
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Stephen Roth
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Kurt Schwitters
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Max Sokol
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Käthe Strenitz
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Glenn Sujo
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Ben Tobias
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Ottilie Tolansky
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Elisabeth Tomalin
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Clare Winsten
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Alfred Wolmark
