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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 | 119 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | (20 strings) |
Works on Paper
22.5 x 24 cm (8.86 x 9.45 in)
felt tip pen, watercolour and ink wash on paper, attached to an Artist"s backboard
signed Nicholson , titled, dated april 20, 78 and inscribed (on the reverse of the sheet); also signed Nicholson , titled, dated april 20 78 (on the reverse of the backboard); further signed Nicholson, dated 1979 and inscribed lent to angela + to become her property / when I pop off (on the stretcher bar)
Gifted from the Artist to Angela Verren Taunt
Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt
Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982
(20 strings)
signed Nicholson , titled, dated april 20, 78 and inscribed (on the reverse of the sheet); also signed Nicholson , titled, dated april 20 78 (on the reverse of the backboard); further signed Nicholson, dated 1979 and inscribed lent to angela + to become her property / when I pop off (on the stretcher bar)
felt tip pen, watercolour and ink wash on paper, attached to an Artist"s backboard
unframed (sheet): 14.5 by 13.5cm.; 5¾ by 5¼in.
unframed (board): 22.5 by 24cm.; 8½ by 9½in.
framed: 23 by 25cm.; 9 by 10in.
Executed on 20 April 1978.
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 .
