ID 922683
Lot 112 | BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
1945 (three circles)
signed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/1945' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on board, on the artist's prepared board
8 x 11 1/8 in. (20.3 x 28.2 cm.)
Painted in 1945.
Provenance
Barbara Hepworth.
Gabriele Mazzotta, Milan, and by descent to the previous owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 June 2016, lot 13, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
J. Russell (intro.), Ben Nicholson: Drawings, Paintings and Reliefs 1911-1968, London, 1969, n.p., no. 40, illustrated.
F. Solmi, exhibition catalogue, Morandi e il suo Tempo, Bologna, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, 1985, p. 220, no. 210, illustrated.
Exhibited
Bologna, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Morandi e il suo Tempo, November 1985 - February 1986, no. 210.
Special notice
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| Artist: | Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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