Mark Gertler Memorial Exhibition Catalogue (Leicester Galleries) (1941)

Suffering from depression, Gertler committed suicide on 23 June 1939. This is the catalogue for the important Memorial exhibition of his work at the Leicester Galleries in 1941. With an introduction by the Irish poet and novelist, Sylvia Lynd. “Mark Gertler is dead. Let me try to tell what  he was like – to at, as a companion in character”. 49 items listed. Biographical note. Included some of Gertler’s finest works, including The Merry-go-Round. Condition: small note in black ink to top right corner of front cover, otherwise very good.