Ben Nicholson

Property from the Collection of Joanna Matthews 

Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

Playing Cards

oil and pencil on board

unframed: 17.5 by 19.5cm.; 7 by 7¾in.

framed: 31.5 by 34cm.; 12¼ by 13½in.

Executed circa early 1930s.

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

The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Ben Nicholson’s paintings and reliefs, which is currently being prepared. The authors encourage any other 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.