Property from the Collection of Dr Frank Rentsch
Ben Nicholson
Illustration to a Children's Story (George and Rufus)
Lot Closed
March 15, 02:45 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Dr Frank Rentsch
Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982
Illustration to a Children's Story (George and Rufus)
titled and dated 1937 (?) on the backboard
pencil and oil on board on the Artist's prepared backboard in the Artist's frame
unframed (central board): 25.5 by 35.5cm.; 10 by 14in.
framed: 41 by 51.5cm.; 16 by 20¼in.
Executed circa 1937.
We are grateful to Dr Rachel Smith and Dr Lee Beard for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work, which will be included in their forthcoming catalogue raisonné for Ben Nicholson.
Miss Margaret Gardiner, a friend of the Artist, by whom presented to her grandson,
Paul Alexander Bernal, on his birth, 19 December 1964
Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone, 17 September 1990
Their sale, Sotheby's London, The Eye of a Collector - Works from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, 14 June 2001, lot 16
Waddington Custot, London, where acquired by Frank Rentsch and thence by family descent to the present owner
Paul Alexander Bernal, on his birth, 19 December 1964
Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone, 17 September 1990
Their sale, Sotheby's London, The Eye of a Collector - Works from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger, 14 June 2001, lot 16
Waddington Custot, London, where acquired by Frank Rentsch and thence by family descent to the present owner
Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Arts Council, British Art and the Modern Movement 1930-40, 13 October - 25 November 1962, no. 33, illustrated in the catalogue p. 19, where lent by Miss Margaret Gardiner