Merry-Go-Round  1916

In several paintings and drawings preceding Merry-Go-Round Gertler had hardened the figures into geometrical shapes, at times giving them the appearance of dolls (see, for instance, Family Group, 1913, Southampton City Art Gallery; Rabbi and Rabbitzin, 1914, private collection). The Tate's painting was begun by May 1916 when Gertler wrote to Lytton Strachey, 'I am working ...