Still Life with Melon - Mark Gertler - 1891-1939
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Year: 1908
Size: 43.2 x 54.6 cms
Description:
Awarded the National Bronze Medal at the Board of Education National Competition, 1908. (No. 103). There were 15,000 entrants.
Written in pencil, on stretcher, Property of M. Gertler. Written on Competition Entry label in pen: Address, Title of Work, and Category (Still Life). Another label (only half still exists): No. of the… / School / Class - probably refers to the Slade where he had won a two-year scholarship.
Provenance:
The artists family.
Literature:
Sarah MacDougall, Gertler, 2002, p. 285.
John Woodeson, Mark Gertler, 1972, p.p.47/48.
Exhibition History:
Ben Uri Gallery, solo exhibitions in 1944, 1957 and 1982; Minories, Colchester, solo exhibition 1971. Mark Gertler: A New Perspective, Ben Uri Gallery, 2002.
