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Mark Gertler (British, 1891-1939) Winter Cherries signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated 'Mark Gertler 1911' (lower left); further signed and titled 'Winter Cherries/Mark Gertler' (verso) oil on canvas 50.9 x 40.7 cm. (20 x 16 in.) Fußnoten Provenance Mr Leslie J. Morris, the Artist's nephew, thence by family descent to the present owners Private Collection, U.K. Exhibited London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Mark Gertler The Early and the Late Years, 30 March-27 May 1982, cat.no.13 The academic year of 1911-1912 was officially Gertler's final year at the Slade. However, by this stage his prodigious talent was so apparent that as early as October one of his professors suggested the nineteen-year-old Gertler start earning a living as an artist. He had already twice won the Slade scholarship and in November 1911 was one of only three students to be awarded U.K. scholarships from The British Institute and was described by fellow student C.R.W. Nevinson as 'the genius of the place'. A further boost to the young artist's trajectory came when his portrait The Artist's Mother was accepted to the NEAC's winter exhibition where it was snapped up by Sir Michael Sadler (now in the collection of Tate Gallery). Following the acquisition Gertler wrote to Sadler expressing how pleased he was that his work would 'actually "rub shoulders" with these wonderful pictures I saw at your house' (Letter dated 30 November 1911, Tate Archive). The Sadler collection at this stage included works by Gauguin and Cézanne. It was following this period that Gertler's output became more overtly indebted to the works he had encountered at Sadler's home, as evidenced most palpably in the fruits of the present canvas, which has been on long term loan to Ben Uri Gallery since 1976. We are grateful to Sarah MacDougall for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 2019 - 20 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Mark Gertler (British, 1891-1939) Winter Cherries signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated 'Mark Gertler 1911' (lower left); further signed and titled 'Winter Cherries/Mark Gertler' (verso) oil on canvas 50.9 x 40.7 cm. (20 x 16 in.) Fußnoten Provenance Mr Leslie J. Morris, the Artist's nephew, thence by family descent to the present owners Private Collection, U.K. Exhibited London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Mark Gertler The Early and the Late Years, 30 March-27 May 1982, cat.no.13 The academic year of 1911-1912 was officially Gertler's final year at the Slade. However, by this stage his prodigious talent was so apparent that as early as October one of his professors suggested the nineteen-year-old Gertler start earning a living as an artist. He had already twice won the Slade scholarship and in November 1911 was one of only three students to be awarded U.K. scholarships from The British Institute and was described by fellow student C.R.W. Nevinson as 'the genius of the place'. A further boost to the young artist's trajectory came when his portrait The Artist's Mother was accepted to the NEAC's winter exhibition where it was snapped up by Sir Michael Sadler (now in the collection of Tate Gallery). Following the acquisition Gertler wrote to Sadler expressing how pleased he was that his work would 'actually "rub shoulders" with these wonderful pictures I saw at your house' (Letter dated 30 November 1911, Tate Archive). The Sadler collection at this stage included works by Gauguin and Cézanne. It was following this period that Gertler's output became more overtly indebted to the works he had encountered at Sadler's home, as evidenced most palpably in the fruits of the present canvas, which has been on long term loan to Ben Uri Gallery since 1976. We are grateful to Sarah MacDougall for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 2019 - 20 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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