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Lot 144^AR

Ben Nicholson O.M.
(British, 1894-1982)
A Collection of Thirty-Nine Etchings

Prints & Multiples X Hot Off the Press

12 – 24 September 2025, 12:00 BST

Online, London, New Bond Street

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Ben Nicholson O.M. (British, 1894-1982)

A Collection of Thirty-Nine Etchings (Lafranca 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 22-24, 28-31, 33, 46, 54, 59, 66, 68-71, 93, 94, 103, 108, 118)
Thirty-nine etchings, 1965-67, on wove paper, cancelled proofs aside from the editions, the majority cancelled by hand in blue or red crayon, some cancelled in black ink or pencil, a few inscribed in pencil and with the publisher's blindstamp, some duplicates or triplicates, housed within the portfolio Turkish and Greek Forms

Plate 350 x 465mm (13 3/4 x 18 3/8in)(and smaller)(39)
Sheet 445 x 535mm (17 1/2 x 21in)(and smaller)(39)

Footnotes

Provenance
The Estate of the late Angela Verren Taunt, a close friend of the artist.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Ben Nicholson and Angela Verren Taunt met in Cambridge on 29 December 1971 and became close 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.

The works included in this Collection are:

Tuscan Church Portico (L 7), 1965
Olympic Fragment (L 9), 1965
Aquileia (L 12), 1965
Still Life with Curves (L 13), 1966
Forms in a landscape (also known as Columns and Jugs)(L 15), 1966
Court of Honour, Urbino (L 16), 1966
Small Silent Siena (L 19), 1966
Siena (large version) (L 22), 1966
Pisa (L 23), 1966
Lucca (L 24), 1966
Palaestra (L 28), 1966
Tesserete (L 29), 1966
Verona (the Duomo) (L 30), 1966
Moonshine (L 31), 1966
Siena (L 33), 1966
Turkish Sundial and Column (L 46), 1967
Jug and Goblet (L 54), 1967
Two Turkish Forms (L 59), 1967
Curled Turkish Forms (L 66), 1967
Storm over Paros (L 68), 1967
Paros 2 (L 69), 1967
Column and Tree (L 70), 1967
Turkish Forms with Leaf (L 71), 1967
Goblets and a Line (L 93), 1967
Two and a half Goblets (L 94), 1967
Goblets and a Square (L 103), 1967
Euboea (Horizontal Linear) (L 108), 1967
Palaestra with Moon (L 118), 1967

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