Ben Nicholson

1945 (still life)

Artist's Resale Right

Auction Closed

June 30, 10:59 AM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished Private Collection

Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

1945 (still life)

signed Ben Nicholson and NICHOLSON, titled, dated 1945, dedicated for Madge / May 17-45 / from Ben and inscribed with the artist's address (on the reverse)

oil and pencil on board, on the artist's prepared backboard

unframed (inner board): 27 by 38.5cm.; 10¾ by 15¼in.; (artist's backboard): 38 by 48.5cm.; 15 by 29in.

framed: 51 by 61.5cm.; 20¼ by 24¼in.

Executed in 1945.

We are grateful to Lee Beard for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

Gifted by the Artist to Madge Murray, Bramley, 17 May 1945
New London Gallery, London
Marlborough Fine Art, London, where acquired by Mr and Mrs Edward Marcus, Dallas
J. Zieglec Esq., U.S.A.
Crane Kalman Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner January 1986

Bern, Kunsthalle, Ben Nicholson, May - June 1961, no. 49, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue n.p.
Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Ben Nicholson, April - May 1964, no. 24