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1950 (still life) (1950)

Ben Nicholson

oil on canvas

Manchester Art Gallery

1950 (still life) (1950)

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

Details

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

An abstracted, cubist-inspired still life consisting of overlapping shapes and sharply drawn outlines in pale tones. The objects depicted appear to be cups, plates and goblets on a square table top. The artist plays with traditional notions of space with his overlapping shapes.

Dimensions:

203.9 x 228.5 cm

Accession Number:

1951.463

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society and private subscribers, 1951

Scheme:

Co-Acquisition

Ownership history:

Commissioned by the Arts Council for the Sixty Paintings for '51 exhibition, 1951; purchased by the Contemporary Art Society and a body of local subscribers, including the Sir Thomas Barlow (1883-1964) public appeal fund for Manchester City Art Gallery, 1951

Relationship:

Thomas Dalmahoy Barlow Arts Council England, London Manchester Art Gallery

Subject:

Abstract, Cubism

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Ben Nicholson
1950 (still life) (1950)

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