The South Parlour

Details

Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981)
The South Parlour
signed and inscribed 'South Parlour/Winifred Nicholson/Bankshead Brampton/Cumberland' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on panel
24 ¾ x 24 ¾ in. (63 x 63 cm.)
Painted circa 1950.
There is a portrait thought to be of Ben Nicholson by the same hand, on the reverse.

Provenance

with Lefevre Gallery, London.
A gift to the previous owner's family from the artist's nephew in the 1970s.

Exhibited

Carlisle, Tullie House, 32nd Exhibition of Local Art, October 1965, no. 140.

Special Notice

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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Lot Essay

Lily of the Valley was one of Winifred Nicholson’s favourite flowers and one that she painted a number of times. Notably in Mughetti (Italian for Lily of the Valley and sold in these Rooms on 12 December 2008, lot 33), which was the first work where she placed flowers on a windowsill with a view behind, and Lily of the Valley, St. Bees (sold in these Rooms on 27 May 2010, lot 48). The south parlour was the main sitting room at Boothby, Winifred Nicholson’s parents’ house in Cumberland, and where Winifred lived from the beginning of the war until 1959.

We are very grateful to Jovan Nicholson for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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