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Modern British Art
Acquisitions, consignments & estate inventory, 2 November - 31 December 2021

Modern British Art: Acquisitions, consignments & estate inventory

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mark Gertler, Napoleon III, 1936

Mark Gertler British, 1891-1939

Napoleon III, 1936
Oil on canvas
63 x 76.5 cm
Signed & dated
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This unusual paintings is as much a still life as a portrait (or indeed a landscape) in that it appears to depict the head and shoulders of a Staffordshire figurine...
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This unusual paintings is as much a still life as a portrait (or indeed a landscape) in that it appears to depict the head and shoulders of a Staffordshire figurine of Napoleon III set against the white cliffs of Dover (Napoleon lived his final few years in Kent after being exiled from France). The reason why Gertler chose to painting this subject in this manner have puzzled academics, although it is known that Gertler admired and collected Staffordshire pottery, as did his friend Thomas Balston, whose collection was left to the National Trust and may have included a similar figurine. We have copies of the original invoice and correspondence between Alex Reid and the purchaser, together with later research and thoughts on the work from Richard Morphet, a friend of the family.
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Provenance

Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd
Private collection, London (acquired from the above in April 1940)
Thence by descent
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