Self Portrait (1932)

David Garshen Bomberg

oil on canvas

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Dimensions:

60.6 x 51.1 cm

Accession Number:

T03265

Credit:

Presented by Mr and Mrs J. Newmark, in memory of the artist, through the Contemporary Art Society, 1981

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Lilian Holt, Mrs Bomberg (1898-1983); gifted by Mr and Mrs James Newmark, the artist's sister, to the Contemporary Art Society; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1981

Relationship:

Lilian Thirza Charlotte Holt Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives Mr and Mrs James Newmark Kitty Bomberg Newmark

Subject:

Self Portrait

This self-portrait was painted at 10 Fordwych Road, London NW2 where Bomberg had moved in 1929. There is an unfinished painting on the reverse; it is indistinct but shows three standing figures facing to the right, the centre one possibly a female nude, and is coloured predominantly red.

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