BEN NICHOLSON (1894-1982)
Nov 61 (octagonal), 1961
Oil wash and pencil on board, on the artist's prepared board
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Ben Nicholson/Nov/61-/
(octagonal)', verso
90.2 x 115.6 cm (35 ½ x 45 ½ in)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist in July 1969
Thence by descent
Private collection, UK, 2024
Exhibited
Toronto, British Council, Art Gallery of Ontario, Contemporary
Painting, January 1964, no. 40. This exhibition travelled to
London, Ontario, Public Library and Art Museum, January
1964; Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, February – March
1964; Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, March – April 1964;
Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery, April – May 1964; Alberta, Art
Gallery of Alberta, May 1964; Reykjavik, National Museum,
June 1964; Saskatchewan, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
June 1964; and Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern
Art, September – November 1964.
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