BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. | Sept 61 (tree, Paros)

Felicitas Vogler, the Artist's wife
Private Collection, UK
Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by the present owner

Tokyo, Odakyu Museum, Ben Nicholson, 30th September - 18th October 1992, cat. no.67, illustrated, with tour to Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka; Hakone Open-Air Museum, Hakone; Museum of Art, Osaka and The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma.

John Russell (intro.), Ben Nicholson: Drawings, Paintings and Reliefs 1911-1968, Thames & Hudson, London, 1969, cat. no.207, illustrated.

Unexamined out of the frame. The sheet appears to have been secured to the mount with adhesive tabs in each of the four corners, and perhaps in one or two further places along the edges but is not fully laid down. The upper, left and right edges are slightly unevenly cut, in keeping with the Artist's working methods. The sheet undulates very slightly in places. There is one possible very light crease towards the centre of the lower edge. There is some light staining elsewhere, largely in keeping with the Artist's working methods. The sheet is slightly faded and there is some possible light staining to the extreme edges. Subject to the above the work appears to be in very good overall condition. The work is supported on an Artist's prepared board, and held behind glass in a simple wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any further questions regarding the present lot.
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We are grateful to Dr Lee Beard for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.