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In The Hold
by David Bomberg This painting relates to Bomberg’s search for a purely visual language with which to express his perceptions of the modern urban environment. It is based on a scene of dockers working in the hold of a ship. A ladder in the lower right of the picture connects the hold with the deck above. In the centre left one of the dockworkers is seen, wearing a hat. Bomberg has left visible the squaring-up grid, used to accurately enlarge the preliminary drawing. He has then used this geometrical framework to dissolve the subject of the picture into dynamic angular facets.
In The Hold
by David Bomberg This painting relates to Bomberg’s search for a purely visual language with which to express his perceptions of the modern urban environment. It is based on a scene of dockers working in the hold of a ship. A ladder in the lower right of the picture connects the hold with the deck above. In the centre left one of the dockworkers is seen, wearing a hat. Bomberg has left visible the squaring-up grid, used to accurately enlarge the preliminary drawing. He has then used this geometrical framework to dissolve the subject of the picture into dynamic angular facets.