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MODERNISM TO ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM: WORKS FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

Ben Nicholson, O.M. (1894-1982)

1970 (Lavenham, green)

Details

Ben Nicholson, O.M. (1894-1982)
1970 (Lavenham, green)
signed, inscribed and dated 'NICHOLSON/1970/(Lavenham, green)' (on the old backboard attached to the reverse)
pencil and oil wash on the reverse of a print, on the artist's prepared board
21¾ x 24 in. (55.2 x 61 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This is one of a group of works in which Nicholson included 'Lavenham' in the title and which often show still-lifes and goblets. The present work is on the reverse of a print by Nicholson titled Euboea (vertical), 1967.

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