Lot 115
  • 115

Ben Nicholson

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ben Nicholson
  • Sept 63 (Cool)
  • signed Ben Nicholson, titled and illegibly inscribed on the reverse; signed Nicholson, titled and dated September 63 on the reverse of the artist's board  
  • pencil on paper on the artist's prepared board
  • 51.5 by 59cm., 20 1/4 by 23 1/4 in.

Provenance

Galleria Narciso, Turin (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Turin, Galleria Narciso, Ben Nicholson, 1964, no. 9, illustrated in the catalogue
Turin, Galleria Narciso, L'Occhio del collezionista d'Oltralpe, 1979

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and affixed to the artist's board along the upper edge; the board is stable. There are studio marks in places to the sheet. This work appears to be in very good original condition.
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