© The artist's family
Bomb Store
Artist: David Bomberg (1890 - 1957)
Location: Imperial War Museum
Date: 1942
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 75 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £34,342)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 3404 (1989)
Provenance:
The artist's family, Sotheby's 11/5/88, lot 63.
Description:
Bomberg was commissioned to paint the Burton-on-Trent bomb store in February 1942, after being refused twice in his application to be an official War Artist. The eerie and destructive sight of the bombs stacked up in the disused mines so fascinated Bomberg that he produced painting after painting, working on greaseproof paper after he finished his meagre canvas ration.
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