Winifred Nicholson

Gifted directly by the Artist to the father of the present owner

London, Crane Kalman Gallery, Paintings of the Sea, 10th November 2005 - 16th January 2006, un-numbered exhibition.

Original canvas. There is a small repaired puncture mark to the centre of the composition, with a small patch appearing on the reverse. There is minor reticulation to the yellow pigment in the foreground; to the white pigments in the sky and on the pier and to the pale blue pigment in the upper half of the sky, with a small spot of circular craquelure to the centre of the composition. This excepting the work appears in good overall condition. Ultraviolet light reveals areas of fluorescence and retouchings to the centre of the composition, in line with the aforementioned spot of restoration, as well as to the upper left quadrant of the sky, and to the bottom left quadrant in the sand, with a few further traces of fluorescence to the blue pigment in the sky. Housed in a shabbily painted wooden frame. Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Winifred Nicholson was based in Paris from 1932- 8 and from about 1935 made regular visits, usually in the spring, to her friends René and Alison Leplat who lived at the Villa Alerta, Cannes, and the painter Jean Hugo, who lived at Lunel, Hérault, and during these trips she explored and painted the surrounding area.

Winifred Nicholson wrote, 'All English people like the sea' and it is surprising how many of her finest works depict the sea. La Mer, Antibes with its placid sea and cloudless sky shows her love of the Mediterranean light. 

We are grateful to Jovan Nicholson for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work and for preparing the catalogue note.