Live Auction 1570Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
Mark Gertler (1891-1939)
Lot 115 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

Mark Gertler (1891-1939)

The Sonata

Closed20 November 2014

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GBP 74,500

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Mark Gertler (1891-1939)
The Sonata
signed 'Mark Gertler' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 36¾ in. (73 x 93.4 cm.)
Painted in 1934.
There is a street scene by the same hand on the reverse.

Acquired by D. Macmillan at the 1934 exhibition.
Leslie Diamond.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 May 1985, lot 112.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 November 1988, lot 330.
with MacConnal Mason, London.

Specialist note

Painted in 1934, the sitter is Cecilia Dennis, and belongs to a series of works combining the theme of women and music, with titles such as Chromatic Fantasy, The Fugue and in particular, The Mandolinist, 1934 (Tate Gallery, London). There is also a pastel version of this subject entitled Birth of Classical Music.