David Bomberg (1890-1957)

Study of Dancers for the Ghetto Theatre Series, 1919

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David Bomberg (1890-1957)
Study of Dancers for the Ghetto Theatre Series, 1919
pencil, pen, brush, black ink and grey wash
8 x 10 in. (20 x 25 cm.)
and another pencil, pen, brush, black ink and grey wash drawing by the same artist 'Alice Stringing Beads' (10 x 7½ in. (25.5 x 19 cm.)) (2)

Lot Essay

Bomberg comments on the series of drawings inspired by dance halls and theatres, 'done is twelve parts, each part having twelve variations, each drawing was based on one of twelve patterns, the key to the whole. Each drawing had to be different; one might be groups of fishermen with nets, the other Ballet scenes of dancers'.
(see W. Lipke, David Bomberg: A Critical Study of his Life and Work, London, 1967, p.48).

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