ID 1051301
Lot 10 | BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
1941 (painting)
signed and dated twice 'Ben Nicholson/1941' (on the reverse), inscribed 'Dunluce/Trelyon/St Ives/Cornwall -' (on the reverse)
gouache and pencil on board, in the artist's frame
9 x 19 in. (22.8 x 48.2 cm.)
Painted in 1941.
Provenance
George L.K. Morris, by 1946.
with Gimpel Fils, London.
Mr and Mrs Allan D. Emil, New York, 1959, and by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H. Slater (ed.), 'A Note on the Importance of Ben Nicholson', Polemic, No. 2, New York, 1946, pp. 51, 59, another version illustrated.
H. Read (intro.), Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings, Volume 1, London, 1955, n.p., no. 129, (version 2).
Exhibited
American Federation of the Arts, 1963, no. 31, catalogue not traced.
Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Ben Nicholson: Retrospective Exhibition, April - May 1964, no. 17.
| Artist: | Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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