POA
Pencil and oil wash on shaped card
18x25.5 cm
Framed: 35x43 cm
Signed, dated, and dedicated verso
Provenance:
The Artist, by whom gifted to Jeanne Coppel, Paris, and thence by descent to her son
His sale; Christie's, Paris, 11 December 2007
With Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, 2008
Private collection, Madrid
Private collection, UK
This small abstract drawing, dedicated to the Romanian artist working in Paris - Jeanne Coppel, is likely a Christmas present. This is signified by the date and the festive tape attached to the verso. Ben Nicholson spent a lot of time in Paris in the 1930s as his first wife Winifred Nicholson, with whom he had three children, moved there in 1932. In Paris, Ben and Winifred would visit many artists’ studios, it is likely that Ben and Jeanne ran in similar circles and would have met before the war.
POA
Pencil and oil wash on shaped card
18x25.5 cm
Framed: 35x43 cm
Signed, dated, and dedicated verso
Provenance:
The Artist, by whom gifted to Jeanne Coppel, Paris, and thence by descent to her son
His sale; Christie's, Paris, 11 December 2007
With Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, 2008
Private collection, Madrid
Private collection, UK
This small abstract drawing, dedicated to the Romanian artist working in Paris - Jeanne Coppel, is likely a Christmas present. This is signified by the date and the festive tape attached to the verso. Ben Nicholson spent a lot of time in Paris in the 1930s as his first wife Winifred Nicholson, with whom he had three children, moved there in 1932. In Paris, Ben and Winifred would visit many artists’ studios, it is likely that Ben and Jeanne ran in similar circles and would have met before the war.
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