DAVID BOMBERG | Moonlight - Beddgelert

Lilian Bomberg
Anita Walker
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, where acquired by the present owner, 1st November 2004

London, Foyles Art Gallery, David Bomberg, Horace Brodzky & Marguerite Hammerschlag, 1937;
London, The Arts Council, David Bomberg 1890-1957: A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, May - June 1958, cat. no.33 (as Beddgelert, North Wales, lent by Mrs Lilian Bomberg), with tour to Newcastle; Swansea; Middlesborough; Kettering; and Bradford;
London, Marlborough Fine Art, David Bomberg 1890-1964, 1964, cat. no.24;
London, Piano Nobile, Bomberg/Marr: Spirits in the Mass, 17th November 2017 - 19th January 2018, cat. no.6, illustrated p.23.

The canvas is original. There is a very slight undulation along the lower edge. There is minor frame abrasion to the upper and right edges, with some minor flecks of associated loss visible to all four quadrants. There are scattered lines of cracking to the work. There is light surface dirt in places. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals a couple of scattered spots of flourescence and probable retouching to the top left, top right and bottom right corners with possible few scattered more minor instances elsewhere. The work is held in a thick, carved and painted wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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'There was indeed in the work of Bomberg a good deal that tempted a play upon the first half of his name; an effect of high tension, as if between the explosive impulse of the painter and ordering capacity of the architect.' ('Mr Bomberg: Independence of Vision,' Obituary, The Times, 20th August 1957). We are grateful to Richard Cork for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.