Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

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Property from a Private Collection, Switzerland

Ben Nicholson

Spanners Inside Circle

Auction Closed

November 22, 01:24 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

Spanners Inside Circle


ink on paper, laid down on the Artist’s prepared board

unframed (sheet): 29 by 33cm.; 11½ by 13in.

framed: 45 by 49cm.; 17¾ by 19¼in.

Executed in 1974.



A catalogue raisonné of Ben Nicholson’s paintings and reliefs is currently being prepared, 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 info@bncr.org.uk.

André Emmerich Gallery Inc., Zurich, where acquired by the present owner in 1975

London, The Tate Gallery, Ben Nicholson Drawings 1974, November – December 1974, no. 51

Zurich, André Emmerich Gallery, Ben Nicholson, 3 May - 7 June 1975, no. 57

Basel, ARTBasel 6/75, 17 - 23 June 1975