Property from the Collection of Angela Verren Taunt
Ben Nicholson, O.M.
Mauve and Blue, May 1978
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November 26, 03:10 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982
Mauve and Blue, May 1978
signed Nicholson, titled (Mauve + Blue) and dated May 78 (on the reverse of the sheet); also signed with initials and inscribed lent to Angela/ + to become her property/ when I pop off/ B.N. and further inscribed (on reverse of the frame)
watercolour, felt tip pen, gouache and oil wash on paper, on the Artist’s prepared backboard
unframed (sheet): 27.5 by 10cm.; 10¾ by 4in.
framed: 26.5 by 43cm.; 10½ by 17in.
Executed in May 1978.
Gifted by Ben Nicholson to Angela Verren Taunt
London, Waddington Galleries, Ben Nicholson: Recent Paintings on Paper, no. 48, illustrated in the exh. cat.
Norbert Lynton, Ben Nicholson, Phaidon Press, London, 1993, no. 404, pp. 408-409, illustrated p. 408
Ben Nicholson met Angela Verren Taunt at a Christmas party in Cambridge on 29 December 1971. Angela was a talented painter herself and had been a great admirer of Nicholson’s work. Ben invited Angela to visit his studio soon after they met, and it was clear there was an immediate connection. She shortly became his studio assistant, and the close friendship which developed between the two was of fundamental importance to the last ten years of Nicholson’s life. They also worked as collaborators on occasion. The support and creative exchange Ben received from Angela was an energizing element, which along with a return to the UK, helped him recapture a creative energy and zest for life and encouraged his artistic output during this final decade.
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