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

Lot 8
21.03.2023 18:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 400 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 922548
Lot 8 | BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)

Le Petit Provençal

signed and dated 'Ben Nicholson 1933' (on the reverse)

oil, collage and pencil on canvas

18 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (47.6 x 42.6 cm.)

Painted in 1933.





Provenance

with Galerie d'Art Moderne, Zürich, where purchased by Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim in February 1957.

Their sale; Christie's, London, 10 February 2005, lot 528.

with Richard Green, London, where purchased by the present owner.



Exhibited

Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia, British Council, Eleven Contemporary British Artists, January 1949, no. 22: this exhibition travelled to Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia, February 1949; Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Building, March 1949; Ballarat, May 1949; Bendigo, May 1949; Castlemaine, May 1949; Victoria, Geelong Art Gallery, May 1949; Hobart; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, June 1949; Launceston, Queen Victoria Art Gallery, June 1949; and Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, July 1949.

Basel, Galeria d'Art Moderne, Collages 1912-1956, December 1956 - January 1957: this exhibition travelled to Zürich, Club Bel Etage, January - February 1957, catalogue not traced.

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Ben Nicholson, February - April 1959, no. 11: this exhibition travelled to Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, April - May 1959.

Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Ben Nicholson, May - July 1961, no. 27.



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Artist:Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Paintings
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