1969 (Holkham Sands No. 1), 1969

Not on View

Medium

oil on carved board

Dimensions

overall: 121.6 x 214 cm (47 7/8 x 84 1/4 in.)

framed: 124.6 x 216.9 x 7.9 cm (49 1/16 x 85 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1985.64.44

Artists / Makers

Ben Nicholson (artist) British, 1894 - 1982

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Inscription

upper center left reverse, last two lines within parentheses: Sept / Nicholson / 69 / Holkham Sands / no. 1; on left stretcher bar reverse: Holkham / Sands / no. 1

Provenance

(Marlborough Fine Arts, London); purchased 1971 by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1978: Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 88, repro.

2002: Ben Nicholson, IVAM Centre Julio González, Valencia, 2002, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2004: Ben Nicholson, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya; Tokyo Station Gallery, 2004, no. 85, repro.