The Bridge and Gorge of the Tajo, Ronda, Spain

Richard Cork discusses Bomberg's drawings of this subject, 'His admiration for the monumental structure of the bridge, which was designed by an Aragonese architect in the 18th Century and took over forty years to build, is already apparent. The sheer grandeur of his surroundings may have intimidated Bomberg at first, but [other] drawings show how imperiously he managed to shake off any lingering hesitation and leave minutiae of external appearances behind him. The forms of the Ronda rock-face soon became more summary and bare, recalling in their simplified masses the most minimal of his pre-war drawings' (see R. Cork, David Bomberg, Yale, 1987, p. 208).