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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 15, 2024 | Sotheby's | London | Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction | 342 | $****** - ****** | Linear Still Life |
Works on Paper
33.7 x 48.9 cm (13.25 x 19.25 in)
pen and ink and oil wash on paper, attached to the Artist"s backboard
signed Nicholson, dated 1965, and inscribed for Angela (sheet verso); further signed NICHOLSON , titled, dated 1965, and inscribed for Angela, many happy returns, March 72, affectionately Ben (on the reverse backboard)
Gifted by Ben Nicholson to Angela Verren Taunt
Zurich, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, Ben Nicholson: Recent Work, June - July 1966, no. 24
London, Waddington Galleries, Ben Nicholson: New Work, 3 - 27 March 1982, no. 44
London, Tate Gallery, Ben Nicholson, 13 October 1993 - 9 January 1994, no. 121
Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt
Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982
Linear Still Life
signed Nicholson, dated 1965, and inscribed for Angela (sheet verso); further signed NICHOLSON , titled, dated 1965, and inscribed for Angela, many happy returns, March 72, affectionately Ben (on the reverse backboard)
pen and ink and oil wash on paper, attached to the Artist"s backboard
framed: 53 by 68 cm.; 20¾ by 26¾ in.
unframed: 33.5 by 49 cm.; 13¼ by 19¼ in.
Executed in 1965.
We are grateful to Rachel Smith for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
There is a forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Ben Nicholson"s paintings and reliefs which is currently being prepared. The authors encourage any 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 .
