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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 7, 2024 | Sotheby's | London | Made in Britain Day Auction | 115 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Goblet and Pale Mauve |
Works on Paper
30.5 x 18 cm (12.01 x 7.09 in)
ink, felt tip pen, ink wash and oil wash on paper, laid on the Artist"s backboard
signed Nicholson , titled, dated May 78 and inscribed (on the reverse of the sheet); also titled (on the front of the backboard) (partially obscured); further signed Nicholson , titled (twice), and dated 1979 (on the reverse of the backboard); further inscribed lent to angela / + to become her property when I pop off (on the stretcher)
Gifted by Ben Nicholson to Angela Verren Taunt
Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt
Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982
Goblet and Pale Mauve
signed Nicholson , titled, dated May 78 and inscribed (on the reverse of the sheet); also titled (on the front of the backboard) (partially obscured); further signed Nicholson , titled (twice), and dated 1979 (on the reverse of the backboard); further inscribed lent to angela / + to become her property when I pop off (on the stretcher)
ink, felt tip pen, ink wash and oil wash on paper, laid on the Artist"s backboard
unframed (sheet): 20 by 9.5cm.; 8 by 3¾in.
unframed (board): 30.5 by 18cm.; 12 by 7in.
framed: 31.5 by 18.5cm.; 12½ by 7¼in.
Executed between May 1978 - 1979.
We are grateful to Rachel Smith for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
A catalogue raisonné of Ben Nicholson"s paintings and reliefs is currently being prepared, and the authors encourage owners to be in touch. Please write to Rachel Smith, c/o Sotheby"s Modern & Postwar British Art, Sotheby"s, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA or email info@bncr.org.uk .
