Ben Nicholson, O.M.

Waddington Galleries, London, 1981, no.27
A gift from the artist to the present owner

Francois Lafranca, Ben Nicholson Etchings, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, 1983, p.79, no.35, illustrated.  

There: On wove paper. The sheet does not appear to be laid down. There are various media marks throughout the sheet, although this appears to be the artist's intention. Presented against a piece of board which has been painted a mottled white. Held in a perspex box frame. Unexamined out of its frame. Crystal: On wove paper. The edges of the work are deckled. The sheet is in good overall condition, but has slipped in the frame. Held in a grey mount and a perspex box frame. Unexamined out of its frame.
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To be sold together with Crystal, an etching by the same hand.