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Details
David Bomberg (1890-1957)
The Players
pencil, ink and wash on paper
10 ½ x 8 in. (26.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1919.
The Players
pencil, ink and wash on paper
10 ½ x 8 in. (26.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1919.
Provenance
Lilian Bomberg.
with J.P.L. Fine Arts, London, December 1974.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 March 1996, lot 16, where purchased by Dr Jeffrey Sherwin.
with J.P.L. Fine Arts, London, December 1974.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 March 1996, lot 16, where purchased by Dr Jeffrey Sherwin.
Literature
R. Cork, David Bomberg, London, 1987, pp. 127-129, no. 161, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Blasting The Future: Vorticism in Britain 1910-1920, London, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 2004, n.p., no. 46, illustrated.
S. Levy and T. Pirsig-Marshall (ed.), exhibition catalogue, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, Leeds, City Art Gallery, 2009, pp. 15, 125, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Blasting The Future: Vorticism in Britain 1910-1920, London, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 2004, n.p., no. 46, illustrated.
S. Levy and T. Pirsig-Marshall (ed.), exhibition catalogue, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, Leeds, City Art Gallery, 2009, pp. 15, 125, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, David Bomberg, March 1967, no. 73.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, David Bomberg: 1890-1957, March – April 1967, no. 27: this exhibition travelled to Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, April – May 1967; Manchester, City Art Gallery, May – June 1967; Bristol, City Art Gallery, June – July 1967; and Nottingham, Castle Museum and Art Gallery, July – August 1967.
London, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, Blasting the Future: Vorticism and the Avant-Garde in Britain 1910-20, February - April 2004, no. 46; this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, May – July 2004.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, July - November 2009, exhibition not numbered.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Tate Gallery, David Bomberg: 1890-1957, March – April 1967, no. 27: this exhibition travelled to Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, April – May 1967; Manchester, City Art Gallery, May – June 1967; Bristol, City Art Gallery, June – July 1967; and Nottingham, Castle Museum and Art Gallery, July – August 1967.
London, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, Blasting the Future: Vorticism and the Avant-Garde in Britain 1910-20, February - April 2004, no. 46; this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, May – July 2004.
Leeds, City Art Gallery, British Surrealism in Context: A Collectors Eye, July - November 2009, exhibition not numbered.
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