Hot Day

Details

SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1872-1949)
Hot Day
signed 'Nicholson' (lower right), dedicated 'From WN for F.P. & C.P 'Aug 1928' (lower left)
oil on canvas
11 3⁄4 x 16 in. (29.9 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in August 1928.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to Francis and Cicely Phillips in 1928.
with Piccadilly Gallery, London, by 1975.
with Beaux Arts, London.
Purchased at the 1978 exhibition by Sir Sidney Nolan, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Brightwells, Leominster, 22 March 2018, lot 773, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

D. Sutton (ed.), Apollo Magazine, vol. 107, April 1978, p. 330, no. 3, illustrated.
P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 2011, p. 477, no. 602, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Browse & Darby, British Paintings, March - April 1978, no. 17.

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Lot Essay

The dedication on the painting is believed to be to the artist's in-laws Sir Lionel Phillips (1855-1936) and his wife Florence (1863-1940). Nicholson had painted their portraits in 1924 and 1912 respectively. The location depicted in the painting is probably the River Wylie, near the home of the artist and his second wife Edie at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire.

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