BEN NICHOLSON (1894-1982)
Oct 3-53 (Kate), 1953
Painted relief, oil on pen on board
Signed 'Ben Nicholson', titled 'Oct3-53 (Kate)', verso
30.5 x 25.4 cm (12 x 10 in)
Provenance
Private collection, Brussels, (acquired from the artist in 1956)
André Emmerich, New York
Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London
Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above)
Exhibited
Venice, XXVIIeme Exposition biennale internationale des
Beaux-Art, 1954, no. 49
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Ben Nicholson, winter 1954-
1955, no. 57; this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée
d'Art Moderne, 21 January – 22 February 1955; Brussels,
Palais des Beaux-Arts 5 – 27 March 1955 and Zurich,
Kunsthalle Zurich, 20 April – 22 May 1955
Literature
H. Read, Ben Nicholson: Work since 1947, vol. II, London,
1956, pl. 133 (illustrated)
D. Baxandall, Ben Nicholson, London, Methuen, 1962, no. 13
illustrated in black and white
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