Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF KATE AND ALLAN EMIL
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
1943 (painted relief)
Details
BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)
1943 (painted relief)
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson 1943/Nicholson/Chy an Kerris/Carbis Bay/Cornwall' (on the reverse)
gouache and collage on the artist's prepared board, relief, in the artist's frame
15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.2 cm.)
Painted in 1943.
1943 (painted relief)
signed twice, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson 1943/Nicholson/Chy an Kerris/Carbis Bay/Cornwall' (on the reverse)
gouache and collage on the artist's prepared board, relief, in the artist's frame
15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.2 cm.)
Painted in 1943.
Provenance
Sir Leslie and Lady Martin.
with Harold Diamond, New York, where purchased by Mr and Mrs Allan D. Emil, New York, in November 1959, and by descent to the present owners.
with Harold Diamond, New York, where purchased by Mr and Mrs Allan D. Emil, New York, in November 1959, and by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H. Read (intro.), Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings, Volume 1, London, 1955, n.p., no. 148, (version 3).
Exhibited
American Federation of the Arts, 1963, no. 30, catalogue not traced.
Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Ben Nicholson: Retrospective Exhibition, April - May 1964, no. 18.
Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Ben Nicholson: Retrospective Exhibition, April - May 1964, no. 18.
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