Sir Terry Frost, R.A. (1915-2003)
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Sir Terry Frost, R.A. (1915-2003)

Ben Nicholson's Cleaning Lady from Back Road West

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Sir Terry Frost, R.A. (1915-2003)
Ben Nicholson's Cleaning Lady from Back Road West
inscribed and dated 'Ben's Charlady/48/9' (on the reverse)
oil on board
11½ x 10 in. (29.2 x 25.4 cm.)
Exhibited
London, Belgrave Gallery, Terry Frost, October - November 1989, no. 5. Chichester, Festival Exhibition, The Tudor Rooms of the Bishop's Palace, Kindred Spirits Leading groups of British painters in the 19th and 20th Centuries, July 1993, no. 31.
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Lot Essay

'Ben's charlady used to live next door but one to us in Back Road West. I did this from memory; I just liked her dark glasses' (see Exhibition catalogue, Belgrave Gallery, 1989).

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