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BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)

Lot 150
21.03.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1176626
Lot 150 | BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)

St Ives

pencil and gouache on card, laid on the artist's prepared board

4 ½ x 8 3⁄8 in. (11.4 x 21.2 cm.)

Executed circa 1939.





Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Alastair Morton, circa 1940, and by descent to the present owner.



Literature

J. Lewison, exhibition catalogue, Ben Nicholson: The Years of Experiment 1919-39, Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, 1983, p. 79, no. 56, illustrated.



Exhibited

Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers: Abstract Art and Textile Design 1935-46, April - May 1978, no. 60.

Cambridge, Arts Council of Great Britain, Kettle's Yard, Ben Nicholson: The Years of Experiment 1919-39, July - August 1983, no. 56: this exhibition travelled to Bradford, Cartwright Hall, September - October 1983; Canterbury, Royal Museum, October - November 1983; and Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, December 1983 - January 1984.

Stromness, Scottish Arts Council, Pier Arts Centre, Alfred Wallis, Christopher Wood, Ben Nicholson, May 1987, no. 37: this exhibition travelled to Aberdeen, Art Gallery and Museums, June 1987; Stirling, Smith Art Gallery and Museum, July - August 1987; and Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, September - October 1987.



Further details

We are very grateful to Rachel Smith and Lee Beard for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Artist:Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982)
Applied technique:Gouache
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Israel, Asia
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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