Modern British & Irish Art
Modern British & Irish Art
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Ben Nicholson
Violin and Balalaika
Auction Closed
November 23, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982
Violin and Balalaika
signed Nicholson and dated c. 1932 (on the backboard)
oil and pencil on canvas
unframed: 51 by 61.5cm.; 20 by 24¼in.
framed: 69 by 79.5cm.; 27 by 31¼in.
Executed circa 1932.
We are grateful to Rachel Rose Smith and Lee Beard for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work. A catalogue raisonné of Ben Nicholson’s paintings and reliefs is currently being prepared by Modern Art Press, and the authors encourage owners to be in touch. Please write to Rachel Smith, c/o Sotheby’s Modern & Postwar British Art, Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA or email modbrit@sothebys.com.
Helen Sutherland, Cumberland
Gifted to Mrs Nicolette Gray
Her sale, Sotheby's London, 12 November 1975, lot 63
Sale, Sotheby's London, 4 April 1989, lot 60
Sale, Christie's London, 9 June 2006, lot 147
Fine Art Society, London, where acquired by the present owner in 2008