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DEC 15 - 49 - STILL LIFE (BLUE) by Ben Nicholson, O.M.

Ben Nicholson, O.M.

DEC 15 - 49 - STILL LIFE (BLUE), 1949

Pencil and oil on canvas
137 x 102.5 cm (53.94 x 40.35 in)
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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, London (19 Nov 2019)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Nov 19, 2019
Sotheby'sLondonModern & Post-War British Art11
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DEC 15 - 49 - STILL LIFE (BLUE)
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

137 x 102.5 cm (53.94 x 40.35 in)

Materials

pencil and oil on canvas

Signature

signed, titled, dated Dec 15 - 49 - and inscribed on the canvas overlap

Provenance

Alex. Reid and Lefevre, London

Dr and Mrs John A. Cook, New York

Their sale, Sotheby's London, 20th June 1962, lot 224

Waddington Galleries, London, where acquired by the previous owners, 1964

Bernstein and Granada Collection

Sale, Sotheby's London, 24th October 2005, lot 128, where acquired by the present owner

Exhibited

London, The Lefevre Gallery, Recent Paintings 1949-50 by Ben Nicholson, October 1950, cat. no.21;

Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, Modern Pictures from the Bernstein and Granada Collections, March - May 1965, cat. no.25;

Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, The Granada Collection: Recent British Paintings and Drawings, January - February 1983, cat. no.25;

London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Recalling the Fifties, 2nd February - 3rd March 1985;

London, Christie's King Street, The New Patrons 20th Century Art from Corporate Patrons, 3rd - 24th January 1992, cat. no.109.

Description

signed, titled, dated Dec 15 - 49 - and inscribed on the canvas overlap

pencil and oil on canvas

137 by 102.5cm.; 54 by 40¼in.