Lot 78
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Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
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Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)

High Barn, Rottingdean

Details
Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
High Barn, Rottingdean
signed 'Nicholson' (lower left) and inscribed 'High Barn/Rottingdean' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
13¼ x 16¼ in. (33.6 x 41.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1922.
Provenance
A. Cowan; Sotheby's, London, 11 March 1981, lot 106.
with Browse and Darby, London.
with Fischer Fine Art, London, 1982.
Exhibited
New York, Seligman Gallery, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Indianapolis, The John Herron Institute, Baltimore Museum and Milwaukee, Art Institute, An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings: William Nicholson, February - December 1926, no. 10.
London, Browse and Darby, British Paintings and Drawings 1880-1960, no. 19.
Springfield, 1988, no. 68.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Sale room notice
Please note that the correct date for the present lot is 1914 and not as stated in the catalogue entry.

Please also note the following additional exhibition:
London, Goupil Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, November 1914, no. 158, as 'High Barn'.

Please note that the medium is oil on canvas laid on board and not as stated in the catalogue entry.

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Lot Essay

This interesting study in form with its restricted palette would seem to date from Nicholson's second visit to Rottingdean in Sussex. Between the autumn of 1920 and the spring of 1923 he was living at North End House, Rottingdean, the former house of the artist Burne-Jones. High Barn, also known as Height Barn, was an isolated group of farm buildings on the downs, part of Balsdean Farm, to the east of the village.

We are very grateful to Patricia Reed for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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