Lot Essay
The present work depicts the Tuscan walled-city of Lucca.
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(Italian mountain village) variation no. 3
Details
Ben Nicholson, O.M. (1894-1982)
(Italian mountain village) variation no. 3
signed, inscribed and dated '(Italian mountain village)/variation no 3/Nicholson 65' (on the reverse)
ink, oil wash and etching on paper
4 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. (12.1 x 13.3 cm.), shaped
Executed in 1965.
(Italian mountain village) variation no. 3
signed, inscribed and dated '(Italian mountain village)/variation no 3/Nicholson 65' (on the reverse)
ink, oil wash and etching on paper
4 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. (12.1 x 13.3 cm.), shaped
Executed in 1965.
Provenance
with Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 February 1990, lot 223.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 3 November 1993, lot 342.
with Hankyu Umeda Gallery, Osaka.
Private collection, Japan.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 February 1990, lot 223.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 3 November 1993, lot 342.
with Hankyu Umeda Gallery, Osaka.
Private collection, Japan.
Literature
P. Khoroche, Ben Nicholson: drawings and painted reliefs, Aldershot, 2002, pp. 106, 155, no. 84, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ben Nicholson. New works: wash drawings in relief and mixed media, October - November 1968, no. 54.
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