Winifred Nicholson

Private Collection
Crane Kalman, London, 1988
Private Collection
Sale, Christie's, London, 8 July 2001, lot 12

London, Crane Kalman Gallery, Ben Nicholson and Two Wives, 21 March - 4 May 1996, cat. no.2, illustrated in the catalogue.

The canvas is unlined and is painted on both sides. Goats in a Field: the canvas undulates across the surface. This is particularly noticeable in the upper left quadrant. There are scattered small areas of craquelure to the paint surface, and a few long cracks, specifically in the upper left and right quadrants. The paint surface appears slightly dirty. There is no sign of retouching under ultra-violet light. Cumberland Landscape: There are a few tiny spots of paint loss in the lower right quadrant. The paint surface appears slightly dirty. There is no sign of retouching under ultra-violet light. Held in a painted wooden frame which has sustained some abrasions. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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The present work was painted at Boothby, Cumberland, where the artist lived from the early 1940s until 1959. Winifred Nicholson kept goats during the war and it is thought the painting may have been painted circa 1946. There is a Spring Landscape on the reverse.

We are grateful to Jovan Nicholson for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.