Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
David Bomberg, 1890–1957, British
Title:
Study for "Reading from Torah"
Date:
ca. 1914
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache, watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 12 7/8 inches (25.4 × 32.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermarked, upper right to lower right
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B1984.27.2
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
reading | Vorticism | composition | red | stylization | abstract art | geometric abstraction | linear | figurative art | figures | sketches | faces | Judaism | reading of the Torah ~ Jewish religion | 'Sefer Torah', Scroll of the Law
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
20th Century Works on Paper (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30)
Publications:
Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977-1986 : Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1986, p. 24, no. 72, N590.2 .A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977 - 1986, , Burlington Magazine, vol. 128, October 1986, p. 24, no. 72, N1 .B87 128:3 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41451