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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
1940 (painted relief - version 1)
Details
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
1940 (painted relief - version 1)
signed twice, inscribed with colour notes and dated 'Ben Nicholson/1940/from Nicholson/Dunluce/Trelyon/St Ives/Cornwall/to/JJ Sweeney/120 East End Avenue/New York City' (on the reverse)
oil on carved board, in the artist's frame
20 5⁄8 x 19¾ in. (52.7 x 50.1 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
1940 (painted relief - version 1)
signed twice, inscribed with colour notes and dated 'Ben Nicholson/1940/from Nicholson/Dunluce/Trelyon/St Ives/Cornwall/to/JJ Sweeney/120 East End Avenue/New York City' (on the reverse)
oil on carved board, in the artist's frame
20 5⁄8 x 19¾ in. (52.7 x 50.1 cm.)
Painted in 1940.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by James Johnson Sweeney, New York.
Mr and Mrs Armand P. Bartos, by 1953.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 27 June 1983, lot 14.
with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in November 1984.
Mr and Mrs Armand P. Bartos, by 1953.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 27 June 1983, lot 14.
with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in November 1984.
Literature
J. Lewison, Ben Nicholson, Oxford, 1991, n.p., no. 94, illustrated.
N. Lynton, Ben Nicholson, London, 1993, p. 184, no. 167, illustrated.
N. Lynton, Ben Nicholson, London, 1993, p. 184, no. 167, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Durlacher Bros., Ben Nicholson, March - April 1949, n.p., no. 9, as 'painted relief 1940'.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Paintings by Ben Nicholson, April - May 1953, exhibition not numbered.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Paintings by Ben Nicholson, April - May 1953, exhibition not numbered.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Rachel Smith and Lee Beard for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Brought to you by
Alice Murray
Head of Evening Sale