Ben Nicholson Prints and Multiples
British, 1894-1982
Ben Nicholson, one of Britain’s most influential modernist painters, was the son of renowned artist William Nicholson. His early career was shaped by extensive travels during the 1920s with his first wife, Winifred Roberts, living between Cumberland, London, Paris, and Switzerland. Initially experimenting with a post-Cézanne style, Nicholson later embraced a more consciously "primitive" approach to landscape painting in 1927, influenced by his encounter with the work of Alfred Wallis. Between 1931 and 1939, while living in London, Nicholson became closely associated with leading artists and critics such as Henry Moore, John Piper, Naum Gabo, and Herbert Read. Encounters with European modernists, including Hans Arp, Constantin Brâncuși, Piet Mondrian, and Jean Hélion, profoundly shaped his artistic direction. By the late 1930s, he had developed the highly abstract style for which he is best known.
In 1931, Nicholson met sculptor Barbara Hepworth, who would become his second wife. During World War II, they relocated to St Ives with Gabo and Adrian Stokes, contributing to the town’s emergence as a centre for modernist art. By the 1950s and 1960s, Nicholson had gained an international reputation, his work celebrated for its purity of form and pioneering abstraction.
Following the war, he lived in London, Cambridge, and Switzerland at various times. In later years, he married for a third time, to photographer Felicitas Vogler, continuing to refine his artistic vision until his death in 1982.to
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Artist: Ben Nicholson
Five Circles - Abstract British Circles Modernism
By Ben Nicholson
Located in London, GB
This original woodcut is hand signed in pencil by the artist with his initials “BN” at the lower left margin.
It is also dated “34” [1934] next to the signature.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 300, at the lower left margin, verso.
This woodcut was published in a limited edition of 300 impressions by Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover Art Museum from the original woodblock that was used in 1934.
It was originally issued in the album “23 Gravures” by Orobitz Paris, 1934, in an edition of 30-50 impressions.
The paper bears the ink stamp of Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover and the Zollamt Hannover, verso.
Literature: Cristea, A. & Lewison, J. (2007) Ben Nicholson Prints...
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1930s Modern Ben Nicholson Prints and Multiples
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SAN GIMINIANO
By Ben Nicholson
Located in Portland, ME
Nicholson, Ben. San Gimignano. Lafranca 38. Etching, 1966. Edition of 50, signed in pencil and dated "66," and numbered "1/50." With the chop of the printer Lafranca embiossed lowe...
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1960s Ben Nicholson Prints and Multiples
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Long Horizontal Patmos - Etching by Ben Nicholson - 1967
By Ben Nicholson
Located in Roma, IT
Original Etching and aquantint.
Hand signed. Edition of 50 numbered prints.
Passepartout included : 60 x 40 cm
Image Dimensions : 14.5 x 34 cm
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1960s Contemporary Ben Nicholson Prints and Multiples
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Torcello II - Etching by Ben Nicholson - 1967
By Ben Nicholson
Located in Roma, IT
Torcello II is an original artwork realized by Ben Nicholson in 1967.
Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin. Not numbered.
Black and white etching.
Includes frame: 54.5...
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1960s Contemporary Ben Nicholson Prints and Multiples
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Siena [Large Version] - British Modernism Italian Architecture Siena
By Ben Nicholson
Located in London, GB
This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Nicholson" at the lower left margin and dated “65” next to the signature.
It is also hand numbered from the...
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1960s Modern Ben Nicholson Prints and Multiples
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Olympia Fragment (LaFranca 9), Minimalist Etching by Ben Nicholson
By Ben Nicholson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Nicholson, British (1894 - 1982)
Title: Olympia Fragment (LaFranca 9)
Year: 1965
Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Image: 8 x 9.5 inches
Paper Size: 12.5 x ...
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Long horizontal Patmos
By Ben Nicholson
Located in London, GB
34 x 48 cms ( 13.38 x 18.89 ins)
Edition of 50
Etching with hand colouring
Signed and dated (recto)
Inscribed "Jean + Norman 73 BN" (verso)
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1960s Abstract Ben Nicholson Prints and Multiples
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