Sir William Nicholson, 1872-1949

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

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Description

Sir William Nicholson
La Rhune, Evening
bears initial; titled on the reverse
oil on canvasboard
32.5x40cm.; 12¾x15¾in.

Provenance

Beaux Arts Gallery
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London, by 1956
Anthony D'Offay, London
Marlborough Fine Art, London (as 'Landscape with Fishingnets')
Sale, Christie's, London, 9th November 1984, lot 47

Exhibited

London, Beaux Arts Gallery, Recent Paintings by William Nicholson, April-May 1929, no. 24
London, Roland Browse and Delbanco, William Nicholson, October-November 1951, no. 7
London, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, Recent Paintings by William Nicholson and Desmond Lord Harmsworth, March - April 1954, no. 29 (as painted circa 1935)
London, Marlborough Fine Art, William Nicholson, March 1967, no. 24, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue (as 'La Rhune, Pyrénées, Evening)

Literature

Lillian Browse, William Nicholson, London, 1956, p. 110, no. 490 (as 'La Rhune, Pyrénées, Evening', dated to 1939 and oil on panel)

Catalogue Note

In February and March 1929 Nicholson spent a working holiday in Ciboure, near St Jean de Luz on the Franco-Spanish border, with his wife Edie and children. The visit was a productive one and eleven landscapes were among the works shown at the Beaux Arts Gallery the following month. Fishing Nets, Ciboure (sold Christies, London, 28th November 1996, lot 20) is a similar scene of nets hanging up to dry, but without the mountain of La Rhune in the background.

Nicholson made another trip to Ciboure in the spring of 1939 when he was recovering from a mild stroke. He painted at least two works on this later visit but this landscape is from his earlier, happier stay.

We are very grateful to Patricia Reed for her help in cataloguing this and the previous lot.