British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary

British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary

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An Eye for Colour: Property from the Collection of Mrs Elizabeth Corob

Ben Nicholson

Feb 60 (Urbino)

Auction Closed

June 29, 02:19 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

An Eye for Colour: Property from the Collection of Mrs Elizabeth Corob


Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

Feb 60 (Urbino) 


signed Ben Nicholson, titled, dated Feb 60 and inscribed (on the reverse)

oil and pencil on carved relief board laid down on the Artist's prepared board

central image: 45 by 79.5cm.; 17¾ by 31¼in.

Artist's prepared board: 55 by 90cm.; 21¾ by 35½in.

Executed in February 1960. 


We are grateful to Lee Beard and Rachel Smith for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work. 

Private Collection
Sale, Sotheby's London, 26 April 1972, lot 198, where acquired by Marlborough Fine Art, London
Acquired from the above by the late owner
London, Gimpel Fils, Ben Nicholson: Works 1956-1960, July 1960, no. 22