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1931 (St Ives Bay; sea with boats) (1931)

Ben Nicholson

oil and pencil on canvas

Manchester Art Gallery

1931 (St Ives Bay; sea with boats) (1931)

© Angela Verren Taunt. All rights reserved, DACS 2023. Photo credit: Manchester Art Gallery

Details

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Pencil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

A childlike painting of the sea at St.Ives, seen through a closed window, the window latch clearly drawn in black outline in the bottom left corner. There is a choppy sea to the right with a small fishing boat and a rock with a lighthouse. The dark cliffs of the shore are visible on the far right. Above is a clear blue sky with white clouds.

Information from Manchester City Galleries Collections website, <http id=1950.6> accessed 28 October 2015

Dimensions:

40.9 x 56 cm

Accession Number:

1950.6

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1950

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis, Lord Howard de Walden (1880-1946) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1931; presented to the Charles Rutherston Collection, Manchester Art Gallery, 1949

Relationship:

Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Lord Howard de Walden Manchester Art Gallery

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Ben Nicholson
1931 (St Ives Bay; sea with boats) (1931)

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