Ingram Reid
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Sir William Nicholson
(British, 1872-1949)
Mrs Reginald McKenna and her sons, Michael and David 106.8 x 122 cm. (42 1/8 x 48 1/8 in.)
21 June 2023, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£100,000 - £150,000
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Sir William Nicholson (British, 1872-1949)
Mrs Reginald McKenna and her sons, Michael and David
oil on canvas
106.8 x 122 cm. (42 1/8 x 48 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1927
oil on canvas
106.8 x 122 cm. (42 1/8 x 48 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1927
Footnotes
Provenance
Commissioned by Reginald McKenna, thence by family descent to the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
Belfast, City of Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Prints by William Nicholson, January-February 1934, cat.no.5 (as On the Grass)
Literature
Lillian Browse, William Nicholson, Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956, p.101, cat.no.434
Patricia Reed, William Nicholson, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Modern Art Press, London, 2011, p.449, cat.no.561 (col.ill.)
This lot is accompanied by a copy of a letter from William Nicholson addressed to Mrs McKenna.