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Composition: PD.19-1981

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Composition

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Bomberg, David

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: The artist David Bomberg ; his sister Kitty (Mrs. J. Newmark), by whom given to the Contemporary Art Society, 1981

Legal notes

From the artist's sister and her husband through the Contemporary Art Society

Measurements and weight

Height: 483 mm
Width: 571 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1981) by Newmark, Kitty

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Charcoal

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour over charcoal on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Bathers
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: 1920
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Date
  • Text: £1720
  • Location: Verso, below the above
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.19-1981
Primary reference Number: 8918
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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