Mark Gertler

The Artist's Family, by whom gifted to the present owner in the 1960s

London, Lefevre Gallery, 1937 (details untraced);
London, New Grafton Gallery, 1969 (details untraced);
London, Edward Harvane Gallery, 1971 (details untraced);
London, Ben Uri Gallery, Mark Gertler - the early and the late years, 30th March - 27th May 1982, cat. no.53;
London, Camden Arts Centre, Mark Gertler: Paintings & Drawings, 20th March - 10th May 1992, cat. no.64, illustrated in the catalogue, with tour to Castle Museum, Nottingham and Leeds City Art Gallery;
London, Ben Uri Gallery, Mark Gertler: A New Perspective, 30th September - 1st December 2002, cat. no.42, illustrated in the catalogue.

John Woodeson, Mark Gertler, Biography of a Painter, 1891 - 1939, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, listed as The Mantilla (Head of a Woman), p.389.

The canvas is lined. There is some very light craquelure and two flecks of paint loss in the sitter's hair, there is a further speck of old paint loss to the bottom of her cheek. Otherwise, the paint surface is in good overall condition. Under ultraviolet light, there appear to be a few tiny flecks of retouching; including two in the upper left quadrant, a few small flecks in the bottom left quadrant, a further speck to her hair to the right of her cheek, and one to her eyebrow. The canvas has been covered with a thick varnish. Held in an ornate painted plaster frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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The sitter for The Mantilla was one of Gertler's students at the Westminster Technical Institute, London. The present work is included as the central part of a larger painting entitled The Bride, which Gertler calls The Jewish Bride in his diary.