Nicholson, Ben (1894 – 1982) – Italy, San Gimignano; ‘Sept 56 (San Jacopo)’.
Nicholson, Ben (1894 - 1982)
Italy, San Gimignano; 'Sept 56 (San Jacopo)'.
Pencil and oil wash on paper, mounted on the artist's prepared board. Signed, inscribed and dated verso, 'Sept 56 (san Jacopo) / Ben Nicholson / Nicholson / Hotel al / Cisterna / S. Gimignano'. Provenance: Gimpel Fils, 'Recent Works by Ben Nicholson', 1957, No. 17; Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich, 'Ben Nicholson', 1959, No. 36; Josepj Wolpe Fine Art, Cape Town; South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 'Master Works on Paper', 1984; Christie's 26th June 2014, Lot 214; Private Collection. Literature: Norbert Lynton, 'Ben Nicholson', London, 1993, p 307 (Plate 295). NOTE: This works is subject to 4% ARR ON THE SALE PRICE.
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After making his first post-war return to Italy in 1950, Nicholson began producing sheets that sit somewhere between travel-notes and abstraction. Architecture and landscape from different moments in time are treated together on the page in an attempt to convey a sense of place.
This work appears in the Exhibition:
British Works on Paper 2026 (Incl. David Bindman Collection)