Painting
Ben Nicholson, English, 1894 - 1982
Date:
1936Medium:
Oil on canvas on panelDimensions:
15 x 20 inches (38.1 x 50.8 cm)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London Curatorial Department:
European Painting
1945-91-4Credit Line:
A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1945
1936Medium:
Oil on canvas on panelDimensions:
15 x 20 inches (38.1 x 50.8 cm)Copyright:
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 186, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor
Accession Number:1945-91-4Credit Line:
A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1945
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Provenance
Acquired from the artist by A. E. Gallatin, New York, by October 1939 [1]; gift to PMA, 1945. 1. See letter from Ben Nicholson to Gallatin, February 16, [1939] with a sketch of the painting (Gallatin Papers, New-York Historical Society, microfilm, cited by Gail Stavitsky, The Development, Institutionalization, and Impact of the A. E. Gallatin Collection of Modern Art [Ph.D. dissertation, New York University], 1990, v. 8, p. 207). Gallatin announced the acquisition in a Museum of Living Art press release, October 28-29, 1939.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit.
