Ingram Reid
Director
Lot 40AR
Ben Nicholson O.M.(British, 1894-1982)Oct. 79 (one form) 65.5 x 36.3 cm. (25 3/4 x 14 1/3 in.) (including the artist's prepared backboard)
19 November 2025, 15:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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Ben Nicholson O.M. (British, 1894-1982)
Oct. 79 (one form)
signed, inscribed and dated '(one form) oct 79 - Nicholson'(verso); further signed, inscribed and dated again 'NICHOLSON/(ONE FORM)/OCT 79' (on the artist's prepared backboard)
pen and ink and oil wash on paper, on the artist's prepared backboard
65.5 x 36.3 cm. (25 3/4 x 14 1/3 in.) (including the artist's prepared backboard)
signed, inscribed and dated '(one form) oct 79 - Nicholson'(verso); further signed, inscribed and dated again 'NICHOLSON/(ONE FORM)/OCT 79' (on the artist's prepared backboard)
pen and ink and oil wash on paper, on the artist's prepared backboard
65.5 x 36.3 cm. (25 3/4 x 14 1/3 in.) (including the artist's prepared backboard)
Footnotes
Provenance
The Artist, by whom bequeathed to
Angela Verren Taunt
Ben Nicholson and Angela Verren Taunt met in Cambridge in December 1971 and became friends. Angela was an artist and accompanied Nicholson on many drawing trips in England, Italy, Greece and Cyprus during the 1970s, making the arrangements and acting as chauffeur. She had a studio in his house in Pilgrim's Lane and supported him during his last decade.
We are grateful to Dr Rachel Smith and Dr Lee Beard for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.
The Ben Nicholson Estate is in the process of researching the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work and would like to hear from owners of any works by Ben Nicholson, so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to The Ben Nicholson Estate, c/o Modern British and Irish Art, Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London, W1S 1SR or email britart@bonhams.com.