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Kitty (1929)

© Tate

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Chalk, Paper

Physical Object Description:

Inscribed ‘Bomberg/'29’ top left and ‘Kitty’ lower centre

Dimensions:

62.9 x 47.6 cm

Accession Number:

T03263

Credit:

Presented in memory of the artist by Mr and Mrs J. Newmark (the sitter) through the Contemporary Art Society, 1981

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Gifted in memory of the artist, by Mr and Mrs J. Newmark, the artist's sister and sitter to the Contemporary Art Society, 1981; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1981

Subject:

Portraits, Female

A charcoal drawing of 1929 of the artist's sister Kitty, later Mrs Newmark (1902 - 2004) which he drew at made at his house at 10 Fordwych Road, London NW2, after he had been to Spain for a year. It was gifted by her and her husband, James, through the Contemporary Art Society in 1981.

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