Artists for Kettle’s Yard
Ben Nicholson
April 58 (pewter mug)
Auction Closed
June 25, 01:47 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ben Nicholson
1894 - 1982
April 58 (pewter mug)
signed, titled and dated April 58 (pewter mug) (on the reverse of the backboard); inscribed for Sarah + Alan when I pop OFF (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil and wash on shaped paper, laid on the artist’s prepared board
35.5 by 30 cm. 14 by 11¾ in.
framed: 38.5 by 33.3 cm. 15¼ by 13 in.
Executed in 1958.
Sarah and Alan Bowness (acquired as a gift from the artist)
Generously donated by Sarah Bowness
Zurich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Ben Nicholson, January - February 1959, no. 54
Cambridge, Kettle’s Yard, Artists for Kettle’s Yard, March - April 2026, p. 50, illustrated in colour