21st Nov, 2024 9:30

Fine Pictures, Prints & Sculptures

 
Lot 62
 

Ben Nicholson (British 1894 - 1982)
Five Circles

signed and dated in pencil 'Ben Nicholson/1934' (lower right), indistinctly inscribed in pencil 'for Misorné (?)' (lower right), woodcut on wove paper, a proof aside from the numbered edition of 300, printed by Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, plate 16 x 20 cm, sheet 31 x 34 cm, mounted and unframed

Sold for £4,000


Condition Report

Hinged to the mount along the top edge with tape, verso. Light acidification to the sheet and light mount staining. Some light scattered foxing visible, mainly to the margins, but also very light foxing to the white circles. A few specks of surface dirt, and a smudge to the margin, upper right.

 

signed and dated in pencil 'Ben Nicholson/1934' (lower right), indistinctly inscribed in pencil 'for Misorné (?)' (lower right), woodcut on wove paper, a proof aside from the numbered edition of 300, printed by Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, plate 16 x 20 cm, sheet 31 x 34 cm, mounted and unframed