Winifred Nicholson

London, Crane Kalman Gallery, Winifred Nicholson, 22 February - 11 March 1972, no.25, p.11, illustrated. 

There is a slight scratch to the right of the uppermost flower. There are watermarks to the centre of the composition which look like they were made during the creation of the work. Otherwise the work is in good condition. Under glass and held in a gilt wooden and plaster frame. Unexamined out of its frame.
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Winifred travelled to Morocco in 1971 with her daughter, the artist Kate Nicholson. Usually on these trips she would take just a few canvasses and so tended to work a lot on paper.

The title of the picture refers to Chefchaouen in Morocco.

We are grateful to Jovan Nicholson for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

A new book about Winifred Nicholson's painting is being prepared by Christopher Andreae to be published by Lund Humphries in 2009, endorsed by Winifred Nicholson's Trustees. There are paintings which have been lost sight of, and we ask owners of pictures by Winifred Nicholson to contact Christopher Andreae in confidence:
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