The Bathers, Tent Family

Details

David Bomberg (1890-1957)
The Bathers, Tent Family
watercolour
21 ½ x 19 ½ in. (54.6 x 49.5 cm.)
Executed in 1920.

Provenance

The artist's family.

Exhibited

London, Gillian Jason Gallery, David Bomberg: Works on Paper 1912-1956, February - March 1988, no. 18.
London, Gillian Jason Gallery, David Bomberg Centenary Exhibition Works on Paper, November 1990 - January 1991, no. 40: this exhibition travelled to Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, January - March 1991.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A note from Dinora Davies-Rees of the Bomberg Estate stated this work was from the Strolling Players series. The title, The Bathers, Tent Family was often used by the artist during this period. He knew several of these families who lived in tents near the river in London's East End. They were poor vagrants and Bomberg found their way of life an interesting subject.

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