Sir William Nicholson

T.E. Milligan Grundy Esq.
Captain M. Letternich, USA
Private Collection, UK, since the late 1980s

London, Browse & Darby, 1983, cat. no.15;
London, Browse & Darby, William Nicholson 1872-1949, 22nd March - 21st April 1990, cat. no.33, illustrated in the catalogue.

 

Andrew Nicholson (ed), William Nicholson Painter, Giles de la Mare Publishers Limted, London, 1996, illustrated p.248;
Lillian Browse, William Nicholson, Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956, p.117, cat. no.545.

The glass sheet is sound. There are a few minor flecks of paint loss scattered across the work. There is a line of paint craquelure running along the left and top edge. Otherwise the paint surface is in good overall condition. Ultraviolet light examination of the reverse reveals scattered flecked retouchings across all four quadrants, including to the aforementioned lines of paint separation along the left and upper edges and to a three centimetre area in the lower left corner. Held in a plaster gilt frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Painted in 1935.

We are grateful to Patricia Reed for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.