Ben Nicholson, Abstract rug design, c.1930

Ben Nicholson - Abstract rug design (c.1930), original modernist rug design.
Ben Nicholson - Abstract rug design (c.1930), original modernist rug design.

Technical Information:

Medium: pencil and gouache on paper

Size: 16 by 15,5 cm

Signature: inscribed ‘Kate from Ben’ on verso

Provenance:

The Artist; gifted to his daughter Kate; Private collection, UK.

In the 1930's Nicholson's sister, the textile artist Nancy Nicholson (1899-1977), set up the Poulk Press producing papers & fabrics. During this period Nicholson and his wife Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), collaborated with Nancy and their sister-in-law E.Q.Nicholson (1908-1992) on various different textile projects.


A rug of this design from the collection of Stanley Seeger appeared in The Pruskin Gallery sale at Bonhams in March 2012.