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

Lot 142
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ID 1388465
Lot 142 | BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
1955-56 (umber + light red)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/1955-56/(umber + light red)' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on carved board, relief
20 ½ x 16 5/8 in. (52.1 x 42.2 cm.)
Painted in 1955-56.




Provenance

with Gimpel Fils, London, where purchased by Mr and Mrs Frank H. Porter in October 1963.
Their estate sale; Christie's, London, 19 November 2004, lot 206.
with Richard Green Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner.



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie de France, Ben Nicholson, April 1956, no. 1.
Zürich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Ben Nicholson, January - February 1959, no. 29: this exhibition toured to Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, February - April 1959, no. 49; Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, April - May 1959, no. 49; and Essen, Folkwang Museum, May - June 1959.



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:Oil, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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