Lot 172
  • 172

BEN NICHOLSON | Paros (L. 3)

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ben Nicholson
  • Paros (L. 3)
  • signed and dated in pencil (lower right)
  • the rare etching, printing with plate tone
  • sheet: 29 by 35cm., 11 3/8 by 13 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1965, the present work is an Artist's proof, there was no edition of this subject.
one of two impressions, printed by François Lafranca, London

Provenance

Waddington Galleries Ltd., London, 21 March 1988

Condition

With wide margins (the sheet reduced by approx. 2cm at upper and lower edges), in good condition, a few minute fox marks, the margins with slight creasing and a few small areas of pale surface soiling.
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