E&R Cyzer catalogue 2017 - Flipbook - Page 84
Ben Nicholson
(British, 1894 - 1982)
Oct 3-53 (Kate)
1953
Painted relief, oil and pen on board
12 x 10 inches / 30.5 x 25.3 cm
Signed, dated and titled on verso: Oct 3-53 (Kate) Ben Nicholson
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-Arts, 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
Herbert Read, Ben Nicholson: Work since 1947, vol. II, London, Lund Humphries, 1956,
pl. 133, illustrated in black and white
David Baxandall, Ben Nicholson, London, Methuen, 1962, no. 13, illustrated in black and white
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