MARK GERTLER | Nude Study

Leicester Galleries, London
Sale, Sotheby’s London, 18th April 1984, lot 311
Dr. Wingley Stolz and thence by descent
Acquired by Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, April 2004

London, Leicester Galleries, Laura Knight, Mark Gertler, March 1928, cat. no.86 (probably) (as Seated Nude);
London, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, Adler, Gertler, Meninsky, 1957, cat. no.28, where lent by Leicester Galleries (as Seated Nude);
London, The Little Gallery, 20^th Century English Paintings & Drawings: The Early Years, 29th April - 30th May 1970, cat. no.12, illustrated (as Seated Nude); 
London, The Little Gallery, Figure Studies Exhibition, 16th March - 8th April 1971.

John Woodeson, Mark Gertler: Biography of a Painter: 1891-1939, Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1972, p.382.

The sheet is adhered to the mount with two strips of adhesive tape. The upper edge has been slightly unevenly torn and the left edge slightly unevenly cut, most likely in keeping with the Artist's working methods and not visible in the present mount. The sheet undulates in places. There are a number of creases to the sheet, most prominently a diagonal crease to the nude's chest. There is evidence of water damage to the upper left quadrant, with more minor instances elsewhere including across the verso of the sheet. There are handling marks to the edges of the sheet and one faint diagonal scuff at the left edge. There is light staining in line with the mount. There is light surface dirt. The work is window mounted and held behind glass in a stained wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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The present work will be included in Sarah MacDougall's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Mark Gertler, to be published by Yale University Press.