St Jacques, Dieppe

Details

Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
St Jacques, Dieppe
signed and dated 'Nicholson 1888' (lower centre)
oil on canvas laid on panel
13¾ x 10¾ in. (35 x 27.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1908

Provenance

Arthur Kay, his sale; Christie's, 8 and 9 April, 1943, lot 41 as A Church in Flanders, 1916 (24 gns. to Walker).
with Leger Galleries, London.
with Marlborough Fine Art, London.

Literature

L. Browse, William Nicholson, London, 1956, no. 1, where dated as 1888.
A. Nicholson, William Nicholson Painter, London, 1996, p. 84, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Goupil Gallery, Oil Paintings by William Nicholson, April- May 1911, no. 11 as Eglise de St Jacques.
London, Leger Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Sketches by James Pryde also Sir Wm. Nicholson, Charles Conder, Augustus John, Charles Ginner etc., October 1951, no. 40 where dated to 1888.
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Sir William Nicholson, March 1967, no. 1, illustrated.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The date and signature were probably added between 1943 and 1951, by another hand. Nicholson spent several summer holidays in Dieppe between 1903 and 1908, and his last holiday inspired La Place de Petit Enfer, Dieppe (L. Browse, op. cit., no. 49) a work which, like this, showed the influence of his friend James Pryde. The church was a popular subject with artists, including Sickert and Pissarro (see following lot).
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