Details
Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
On the Downs, Rottingdean
signed 'Nicholson' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1910.
Provenance
A gift from the artist to James Pryde, and by descent.
Mrs James Pryde, her sale; Christie’s, London, 2 July 1948, lot 53, as ‘On the Downs at Rottingdean’.
with Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London.
Alan Ross, 1956.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 22 February 1980, lot 102, as ‘The Downs near Rottingdean’.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 19 November 1980, lot 95, as ‘On the Downs near Rottingdean’.
with Mayor Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 1 July 1993, lot 8, as ‘On the Downs near Rottingdean’, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
L. Browse, William Nicholson, London, 1965, p. 52, no. 102.
P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, New Haven and London, 2011, p. 186, no. 202, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, French Gallery, 114th Exhibition of British and Continental Artists, October - November 1922, no. 8.
London, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, Old and Modern Paintings, April - May 1950, no. 27, as ‘The Downs at Rottingdean’.
London, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, William Nicholson: Joseph Herman, October - November 1951, no. 16, as ‘On the Downs at Rottingdean’.
London, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, Paintings by William Nicholson and Desmond, Lord Harmsworth, March - April 1954, no. 30, as ‘On the Downs’.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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