Ben Nicholson

Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt

Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

CW Courtyard 2

titled and dated 1973 (on a label affixed to the reverse of the backboard); inscribed For Angela when I pop (on the backboard)

pencil and oil wash on paper, attached to the Artist’s backboard

unframed: 46.5 by 36.5 cm; 18 by 14¼in.

framed: 61.5 by 51.5 cm.; 24¼ in by 20¼ in.

Executed in 1973.

We are grateful to Rachel Smith for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

There is a forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Ben Nicholson’s paintings and reliefs which is currently being prepared. The authors encourage any 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.