Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

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Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt

Ben Nicholson

Ligurion

Session begins in

November 15, 01:30 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 GBP

Bid

2,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt

Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

Ligurion


titled LIGURION, dated 72, and inscribed with the Artist’s initials (sheet verso)

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

framed: 44 by 57 cm.;17¼ by 22½in.

unframed (sheet): 29 by 42 cm.; 11½ by 16½in.

Executed in 1972.


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.

Gifted by Ben Nicholson to Angela Verren Taunt