LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil and oil on board

Measurements:

48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (height) by 41.54 in. (105.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/April 57/(ARBIA)2' (on the reverse), inscribed again 'Gimpel/exh./but if/sold, on/Condition/that it can/be exhibited/USA exh/in/autumn' (on the stretcher)

Exhibited:

London, Gimpel Fils, Recent works by Ben Nicholson, June 1957, no. 7. Hanover, Kunstverein Hannover, Spring exhibition, 1965, no. 103. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Aspekte 1944-1965, March - May 1966, no. 34. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Ben Nicholson, April - June 1968, no. 27.

Literature:

J.P. Hodin, Nicholson, London, 1957, n.p., no. 52, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Recent works by Ben Nicholson, London, Gimpel Fils, 1957, n.p., no. 7, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Aspekte 1944-1965, Basel, Galerie Beyeler, 1966, n.p., no. 34, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Ben Nicholson, Basel, Galerie Beyeler, 1968, n.p., no. 27, illustrated. J. Russell (intro.), Ben Nicholson: drawings, paintings and reliefs 1911-1968, London, 1969, p. 310, no. 90, as '1957 (Arbia 2)', illustrated.

Provenance:

Purchased at the 1957 exhibition by Mr and Mrs Walter Ross, New York. Purchased at the 1966 exhibition by the present owner.