Ben Nicholson

Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

aug 63 (metallic)

signed Ben Nicholson, titled, dated aug 63 and inscribed (on the reverse of the backboard)

oil and pencil on carved board relief, laid on to the Artist's prepared board

unframed (inner board): 31.5 by 37cm.; 12¼ by 14½in.

unframed (backboard): 44.5 by 50cm.; 17½ by 19¾in.

framed: 48 by 54cm.; 19 by 21¼in.

Executed in 1963.

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

The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Ben Nicholson’s paintings and reliefs, which is currently being prepared. The authors encourage any other 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.