BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
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BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)

Cornish landscape

Details
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
Cornish landscape
signed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/1940' (on the reverse)
pencil on paper
12 3/8 x 15 in. (31.5 x 38 cm.)
Executed in 1940.
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Philip James, and by descent.
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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Lot Essay

Philip James (1901-1974) was a friend of Barbara Hepworth and other St Ives artists. He was Director of Art for C.E.M.A. (The Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts) which subsequently became the Arts Council, between 1942 and 1958. Prior to this, he had been Keeper of the Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1936 and 1939.

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