Mount Scopus and Government House(1923)

Category

Painting

Medium

Oil/canvas

Type of Artwork

Original artwork

Size of the artwork

53.5 x 70.5 cm(21.06 x 27.76 in)

Artwork description

Oil on canvas
53.5 x 70.5 cm (21 x 27 ³/₄ inches)
Executed in 1923

Provenance: The Leicester Galleries, London
Collection of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert Solomon
Acquired by Mr Margulies at the Ben Uri Gallery, 21st June 1968
Sotheby's New York, 2013
Private collection, acquired from the above

Exhibition: London, The Leicester Galleries, David Bomberg, Paintings of Palestine and Petra, February 1928 (where lent by Robert Solomon);
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, David Bomberg in Palestine: 1923 -1927, 18th October 1983 - 18th January 1984, cat. no. 16, illustrated p.35 (where lent by Mr Margulies);
London, Ben Uri Gallery, David Bomberg in the Holyland 1923-27, 30th January - 29th February 1984

Richard Cork has confirmed the authenticity of this work by David Bomberg.

David BOMBERG

(1890-1957)