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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Nov 23-46 (Zennor Landscape)
Details
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Nov 23-46 (Zennor Landscape)
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/ 1946/ painted relief Nov 23-46/ (Zennor landscape)/ Nicholson/ Chy an Kerris/ Carbis Bay/ Cornwall' (on the reverse)
oil on carved board, relief, on the artist's prepared board
21 x 33 ½ in. (53.2 x 85.1 cm.)
Painted in 1946.
Nov 23-46 (Zennor Landscape)
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/ 1946/ painted relief Nov 23-46/ (Zennor landscape)/ Nicholson/ Chy an Kerris/ Carbis Bay/ Cornwall' (on the reverse)
oil on carved board, relief, on the artist's prepared board
21 x 33 ½ in. (53.2 x 85.1 cm.)
Painted in 1946.
Provenance
Herbert Agoos, Cambridge, MA.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1979, lot 127, where purchased by Christian Fischbacher.
His estate sale; Christie's, London, 7 February 2007, lot 404.
with Richard Green, London, where purchased by the present owner.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1979, lot 127, where purchased by Christian Fischbacher.
His estate sale; Christie's, London, 7 February 2007, lot 404.
with Richard Green, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
H. Read (intro.), Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings, Volume I, London, 1948, p. 10, no. 199, illustrated, as 'painted relief (West Penwith)'.
Exhibited
London, Arts Council of Great Britain for the Festival of Britain, New Burlington Galleries, British Painting 1925-1950, May - July 1951, no. 63, as 'painted relief (West Penwith)': this exhibition travelled to Manchester, City Art Gallery, August - September 1951.
Toronto, British Council, Art Gallery of Toronto, Five Contemporary British Painters, September - October 1952, no. 25, as 'painted relief (West Penwith)': this exhibition travelled to Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, November - December 1952; Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, December 1952 - January 1953; London, Ontario, London Art Gallery and Museum, February 1953; and Winnipeg, Art Gallery, March - April 1953.
London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Trends in British Art, July - August 1954.
Toronto, British Council, Art Gallery of Toronto, Five Contemporary British Painters, September - October 1952, no. 25, as 'painted relief (West Penwith)': this exhibition travelled to Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, November - December 1952; Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, December 1952 - January 1953; London, Ontario, London Art Gallery and Museum, February 1953; and Winnipeg, Art Gallery, March - April 1953.
London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Trends in British Art, July - August 1954.
Further Details
We are very grateful to Rachel Smith and Lee Beard for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Offerto da
Pippa Jacomb
Head of Evening Sale