• Seward Kennedy's Cabinet of Cu auction at Christies

    Sale 13757

    Seward Kennedy's Cabinet of Curiosities and The Tony Robinson Collection of Treen Drinking Vessels

    London, South Kensington

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    22 November 2016

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    • Ben Nicholson, O.M. (British,
    Lot 190

    Ben Nicholson, O.M. (British, 1894-1982)

    Ronco, 1968

    Price realised

    GBP 2,375

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

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    Ben Nicholson, O.M. (British, 1894-1982)
    Ronco, 1968
    signed in pencil 'Nicholson' (lower right)
    etching printed with tone, framed
    15 x 17 ¼ in. (38 x 43.7 cm.), the sheet
    (4)From an edition of 50, published by Leslie Waddington Prints.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    F. Lafranca, 87


    Lot Essay

    Together with two watercolours by Desmond Morris (b. 1928) entitled Dancing figure, 1947; and Table for two; and a watercolour by Alastair Morton (1910-1963) entitled Abstract Composition 1962

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    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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