Modern & Post-War British Art
Modern & Post-War British Art
Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, Sold to Benefit the Arnhold Foundation
BEN NICHOLSON | 1965
Auction Closed
November 20, 12:36 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
BEN NICHOLSON
1894-1982
1965
signed and dated 1965 on the reverse; also signed, dated 1965 and inscribed on the backboard
pen and ink and oil wash on shaped paper on the Artist's prepared backboard in the Artist's wooden frame
board: 48 by 35.5cm.; 19 by 14in.; framed: 50 by 37.5cm.; 19¾ by 14¾in.
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, where acquired by Henry H. Arnhold, 4th June 1966
Zurich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Ben Nicholson: Recent Work, June - July 1966, cat. no.55.
We are grateful to Dr Lee Beard, author of Ben Nicholson: Writings and Ideas (Lund Humphries, 2019), for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work. Dr Beard is currently preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the Artist’s work and would like to hear from owners of any work by the Artist so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to Dr Lee Beard, c/o Sotheby’s Modern & Post-War British Art, London, W1A 2AA or email modbrit@sothebys.com.