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Self Portrait with Pipe (© The artist's family)
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© The artist's family

Self Portrait with Pipe

Artist: David Bomberg (1890 - 1957)

Location: National Portrait Gallery

Date: 1932

Materials: oil on board

Dimensions: 59 x 49cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £12,500 (Total: £25,000)

Vendor: Boundary Gallery

Review number: 5282 (2003)

Provenance:
Lillian Bomberg, artist's wife; Boundary Gallery.

Description:
Half-length self-portrait of the artist's left side, head turned to face the viewer, pipe protruding from his mouth. The palette and texture presage Auerbach (who was a pupil of Bomberg's).

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