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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
1938 (white relief)
Details
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
1938 (white relief)
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/1938/Nicholson/7 Mall Studios/Parkhill Rd/London NW3' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on carved board, relief, in the artist's frame
23 x 23 ¾ in. (58.4 x 60.1 cm.)
Painted in 1938.
1938 (white relief)
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/1938/Nicholson/7 Mall Studios/Parkhill Rd/London NW3' (on the reverse)
oil and pencil on carved board, relief, in the artist's frame
23 x 23 ¾ in. (58.4 x 60.1 cm.)
Painted in 1938.
Provenance
Christopher Tunnard, Dunmow, Essex.
Mr and Mrs Armand P. Bartos, by 1957.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 27 June 1983, lot 13, where purchased by the present owner.
Mr and Mrs Armand P. Bartos, by 1957.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 27 June 1983, lot 13, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
E.L.T. Mesens (ed.), 'Living Art in England', The London Bulletin, January - February 1939, p. 33, nos. 8-9, illustrated, as 'Relief (1937)'.
J.L. Martin, 'Architecture and the Painter: with special reference to the work of Ben Nicholson, Focus, 1939, p. 61, illustrated.
H. Read (intro.), Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings, Volume I, London, 1955, p. 8, no. 99, illustrated, as 'white relief 1938'.
N. Lynton, Ben Nicholson, London, 1993, p. 142, no. 126, illustrated.
J.L. Martin, 'Architecture and the Painter: with special reference to the work of Ben Nicholson, Focus, 1939, p. 61, illustrated.
H. Read (intro.), Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings, Volume I, London, 1955, p. 8, no. 99, illustrated, as 'white relief 1938'.
N. Lynton, Ben Nicholson, London, 1993, p. 142, no. 126, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Alex Reid & Lefevre, Ben Nicholson, March 1939, no. 29, as 'relief (1938)'.
New York, Durlacher Bros., Ben Nicholson, March - April 1949, n.p., no. 7, as 'white relief 1938'.
New York, World House Galleries, The Struggle for New Form, January - February 1957, no. 60, as 'Composition (relief), 1937'.
Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, From Private Collections of Alumni, April 1961, no. 28, as 'Composition'.
New York, Durlacher Bros., Ben Nicholson, March - April 1949, n.p., no. 7, as 'white relief 1938'.
New York, World House Galleries, The Struggle for New Form, January - February 1957, no. 60, as 'Composition (relief), 1937'.
Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The New Gallery, Charles Hayden Memorial Library, From Private Collections of Alumni, April 1961, no. 28, as 'Composition'.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Rachel Smith and Lee Beard for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Brought to you by
Alice Murray
Head of Evening Sale