Ben Nicholson
May 1957 (Siena campanile), 1957
Pencil and oil wash on paper
47.5 x 36.5 cm
18 3/4 x 14 3/8 in
On Loan from Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
18 3/4 x 14 3/8 in
On Loan from Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Provenance
Collection of the artistPrivate Collection, by descent
On long-term loan to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Exhibitions
1959, Zurich, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Ben Nicholson, 3 Jan. - 7 Feb. 1959, cat. no. 431969, London, Tate Gallery, Ben Nicholson, 18 June - 27 July 1969, cat. no. 88
1993, London, Tate Gallery, Ben Nicholson, 13 Oct. 1993 - 9 Jan. 1994, cat. no. 109
2002, Cambridge, Kettle's Yard; Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery; and Southampton, Southampton City Art Gallery, Ben Nicholson: 'chasing out something alive': drawings and painted reliefs 1950-1975, 27 July - 22 Sept. 2002; 3 Oct. - 15 Dec. 2002; and 9 Jan. - 16 March 2003, cat. no. 15
Literature
Ben Nicholson, exh. cat., Galerie Charles Lienhard, 1959, cat. no. 43, pp. 24 and 27 (illus.) (illustration wrongly numbered as cat. 35, 'Sept 56 (Siena Cathedral)')John Russell, Ben Nicholson: drawings, paintings and reliefs 1911-1968, Thames & Hudson, 1969, fig. 59 (illus.) (wrongly listed as 'September 1956 (Siena cathedral)')
Charles Harrison, Ben Nicholson, exh. cat., Tate Gallery, 1969, cat. no. 88, pp. 51 and 70 (col. illus.) (wrongly listed as 'September 1956 (Siena cathedral)')
Jeremy Lewison, Ben Nicholson, exh. cat., Tate Gallery, 1993, cat. no. 109, pp. 184 and 231 (col. illus.) (wrongly listed as 'September 1956 (Siena Campanile)')
Norbert Lynton, Ben Nicholson, Phaidon, 1993, p. 300, pl. 284 (illus.) (listed as '1957, May (Siena campanile)')
Peter Khoroche, Ben Nicholson: drawings and painted reliefs, Lund Humphries, 2002, fig. 60, pp. 77 and 120 (col. illus.)
Peter Khoroche, Ben Nicholson: 'chasing out something alive': drawings and painted reliefs 1950-1975, exh. cat., Kettle's Yard, 2002, cat. no. 15, pp. 42 and 45 (col. illus.)
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