Edward Burra
Judith 5
, 1944
One of nineteen sketches for 'Miracle in the Gorbals', variously pen, black ink, bodycolour, gouache & pencil
approx. 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in / 11 x 14 cm
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'(Achior) fell down on his face, and his spirit failed. But when they had recovered him, he fell at Judith's feet, and reverenced her, and said 'Blessed art though in...
'(Achior) fell down on his face, and his spirit failed. But when they had recovered him, he fell at Judith's feet, and reverenced her, and said "Blessed art though in all the tabernacle of Juda, and in all nations, which hearing thy name shall be astonished' (Ch. 14)
Literature
Adapted by Robert Helpmann from the play The Passing of the Third Floor by Michael Benthall C.B.E, The Miracle of the Gorbals (1944) was a Christian allegory set in a modern Glasgow slum. Burra designed set and costumes.
Edward Burra
Judith 1
, 1944
One of nineteen sketches for 'Miracle in the Gorbals', variously pen, black ink, bodycolour, gouache & pencil
approx. 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in / 11 x 14 cm
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'...I will go forth in my wrath against them, and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of mine army...' (Ch. 2)
'...I will go forth in my wrath against them, and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of mine army...' (Ch. 2)
Literature
Adapted by Robert Helpmann from the play The Passing of the Third Floor by Michael Benthall C.B.E, The Miracle of the Gorbals (1944) was a Christian allegory set in a modern Glasgow slum. Burra designed set and costumes.
Edward Burra
Judith 2
, 1944
One of nineteen sketches for 'Miracle in the Gorbals', variously pen, black ink, bodycolour, gouache & pencil
approx. 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in / 11 x 14 cm
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'....she sent...to call Ozias and Chabris and Charmis, the ancients of the city. And they came unto her...' (Ch. 8)
'....she sent...to call Ozias and Chabris and Charmis, the ancients of the city. And they came unto her...' (Ch. 8)
Literature
Adapted by Robert Helpmann from the play The Passing of the Third Floor by Michael Benthall C.B.E, The Miracle of the Gorbals (1944) was a Christian allegory set in a modern Glasgow slum. Burra designed set and costumes.
Edward Burra
Daniel 7
, 1944
One of nineteen sketches for 'Miracle in the Gorbals', variously pen, black ink, bodycolour, gouache & pencil
approx. 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in / 11 x 14 cm
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'In those days I Daniel...was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel: then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in...
'In those days I Daniel...was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel: then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen...and his face as the appearance of lightning...' (Ch. 10)
Literature
Adapted by Robert Helpmann from the play The Passing of the Third Floor by Michael Benthall C.B.E, The Miracle of the Gorbals (1944) was a Christian allegory set in a modern Glasgow slum. Burra designed set and costumes.
Edward Burra
Zechariah 3
, 1944
One of nineteen sketches for 'Miracle in the Gorbals', variously pen, black ink, bodycolour, gouache & pencil
approx. 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in / 11 x 14 cm
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'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation: Lowly, and riding upon an ass, And...
'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation: Lowly, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass' (Ch. 9)
Literature
Adapted by Robert Helpmann from the play The Passing of the Third Floor by Michael Benthall C.B.E, The Miracle of the Gorbals (1944) was a Christian allegory set in a modern Glasgow slum. Burra designed set and costumes.
Edward Burra
Flowering Vegetables
, 1957-59
watercolour & pencil on paper
stamped with signature lower left
53 x 30 in / 134.5 x 76.5 cm
Copyright The Estate of the Artist
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Provenance
Lefevre Gallery
Exhibitions
Adnrew Causey, Edward Burra, Phaidon, 1985, no 255 illus.
Edward Burra
Birdman and Pots in a Landscape
, c.1947
watercolour on paper
22 1/4 x 31 in / 56.5 x 78.7 cm
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Exhibitions
Leicester Galleries, London, Edward Burra, 1947, no. 15
Tate Gallery, London, Retrospective, 1973, no. 77
Hayward Gallery 1985, illus. p. 122
Literature
A. Causey, Edward Burra, 1985, no. 169, illus.
Edward Burra
The Opium Den
, 1933
watercolour on paper
24 1/2 x 33 in / 62 x 84 cm
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Provenance
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
