Ben Nicholson

Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt

Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

Design for an Act Drop

signed Ben Nicholson, dated 1945 and inscribed (on the reverse)

pencil and gouache on Artist's board

unframed (window): 21 by 37 cm.; 8¼ by 14½in.

framed: 39 by 55cm.; 15¼ by 21½in.

Executed in 1945.

We are grateful to Rachel Smith for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

A catalogue raisonné of Ben Nicholson’s paintings and reliefs is currently being prepared, and the authors encourage owners to be in touch. Please write to Rachel Smith, c/o Sotheby’s Modern & Postwar British Art, Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA or email info@bncr.org.uk.