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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 | 117 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Spanner with teeth |
paintings
40 x 20.3 cm (15.75 x 8 in)
lino cut, pencil and oil wash on board, laid on Artist"s board
signed Ben Nicholson , titled, dated 1973 and variously inscribed (on the reverse of the backboard); further inscribed for angela when I pop off (on the reverse of the frame)
Gifted by Ben Nicholson to Angela Verren Taunt
London, The Tate Gallery, Ben Nicholson Drawings 1974 , November - December 1974, no. 38
London, The Tate Gallery, Ben Nicholson , 13 October 1993 - 9 January 1994, no. 131, illustrated in the exh. cat., with tour to Musée d"Art Modern, St Etienne
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Ben Nicholson and the St Ives School , details untraced
Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt
Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982
Spanner with teeth
signed Ben Nicholson , titled, dated 1973 and variously inscribed (on the reverse of the backboard); further inscribed for angela when I pop off (on the reverse of the frame)
lino cut, pencil and oil wash on board, laid on Artist"s board
unframed (central image): 26 by 9.5cm.; 10¼ by 3¾in.
unframed (board): 40 by 20cm.; 15¾ by 8in.
framed: 42 by 22cm.; 16½ by 8¾in.
Executed in 1973.
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 .
