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This large still-life painting dates from 1926, with the confident use of colour and elaborately arranged composition typical of Gertler’s style at

National Galleries of Scotland: Modern

Title

Still Life with Aspidistra

Date

1926

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 101.3 x W 115.2 cm

Accession number

GMA 4844

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Maurice Farquharson through the Art Fund, 2007

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

James Bourlet & Sons Ltd, London / Artist M.G. Farquharson Esq [sic] / Ref no. 2131 The Minories, Colchester / 1971 / Mark Gertler 1891 - 1939 / 'Still Life with Aspidistra' / oil 1926 / Coll. Mr M.G. Farquharson Handwritten: WO 15628 24 In pencil on stretcher: 4067 In pencil on reverse of canvas: 1667 In chalk on reverse of canvas: G. 46 310 / 50 Handwritten: (top lost) Still Life with Aspidistra / Mark Gertler / M.G. Farquharson, Heath Side / East Heath Road, N.W.3

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