Oil paint on canvas
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Portrait a Boy
Presented anonymously through the Art Fund 1925
actions: postures and motions
boy
chair
children
clothing and personal items
curtain
furnishings
hat, cap
individuals: male
Meninsky, David
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
sitting
painting oil paint canvas
Portrait of a Boy
support: 914 × 711 mm
Presented anonymously through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1925
<p><b>N04118</b> PORTRAIT OF A BOY 1923</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Meninsky 23’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 36×28 (91·5×71).
<br/>Presented by an anonymous donor through the National Art-Collections Fund 1925.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> (?) <i>Goupil Gallery Salon</i>, Goupil Gallery, 1923 (175), as ‘David’; Arts Council, New Burlington Galleries, December 1951 (not in catalogue); <i>Adler, Gertler, Meninsky</i>, Ben Uri Gallery, summer 1957 (1).</p>
<p>A <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of the artist's son David.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-05T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions boy chair children clothing and personal items curtain furnishings hat, cap individuals: male Meninsky, David named individuals objects people portraits sitting