ID 1388465
Lot 142 | BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
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) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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