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We are very grateful to Patricia Reed for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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El Cerro, San Antón
Details
SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1872-1949)
El Cerro, San Antón
signed with an initial '.N.' (lower right), signed again and inscribed 'el Cerro san Anton/William Nicholson' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
12 ¾ x 16 1⁄8 in. (32.4 x 41 cm.)
Painted in 1935.
El Cerro, San Antón
signed with an initial '.N.' (lower right), signed again and inscribed 'el Cerro san Anton/William Nicholson' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
12 ¾ x 16 1⁄8 in. (32.4 x 41 cm.)
Painted in 1935.
Provenance
Purchased by Edward C. Lysaght at the 1945 exhibition.
Dr D.H. Coates, 1972.
with Browse & Darby, London, 1996.
Private collection.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Dr D.H. Coates, 1972.
with Browse & Darby, London, 1996.
Private collection.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
L. Browse, William Nicholson, London, 1956, p. 105, no. 453, as 'El Serro, San Anton'.
P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2011, p. 568, no. 743, illustrated, as 'El Serro - San Anton (St Anthony's Hill)'.
P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2011, p. 568, no. 743, illustrated, as 'El Serro - San Anton (St Anthony's Hill)'.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, An Exhibition of Paintings by William Nicholson, May - June 1936, no. 9.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Paintings by Sir William Nicholson, November - December 1945, no. 25.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Paintings by William Nicholson and Desmond, Lord Harmsworth, March - April 1954, no. 15.
London, Browse & Darby, William Nicholson: Centenary Exhibition, April - May 1972, ex-cat: this exhibition travelled to Aldeburgh, Aldeburgh Festival, June 1972.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Paintings by Sir William Nicholson, November - December 1945, no. 25.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Paintings by William Nicholson and Desmond, Lord Harmsworth, March - April 1954, no. 15.
London, Browse & Darby, William Nicholson: Centenary Exhibition, April - May 1972, ex-cat: this exhibition travelled to Aldeburgh, Aldeburgh Festival, June 1972.
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