David Bomberg (1890-1957)

Sappers under Hill 60

Details

David Bomberg (1890-1957)
Sappers under Hill 60
pencil, ink and wash
4¾ x 6¼ in. (12.1 x 15.9 cm.)
Executed in 1919.

Provenance

with Boundary Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner's husband, 7 May 1987 and by descent.

Lot Essay

Bomberg served in the Royal Engineers between 1915 and 1918. The Canadian Government commissioned Bomberg to paint Sappers at work: A Canadian Tunnelling Company, Hill 60, St Eloi in 1918 for a War Memorial Exhibition. The present work and lot 62 are from a series of preliminary studies for the oil, now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

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