Lot 1346

WINIFRED NICHOLSON (BRITISH, 1893-1981)

Arab School at Chefchaouen, Morocco
oil and mixed media on paper
46 x 68cm
ARR

Provenance
Acquired by the father of the present owner at a charity auction for Claremont Fancourt School, Esher, circa 1971;
Private collection, UK

Literature
Christopher Andreae, Winifred Nicholson, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2009, p. 180 as ‘Arab School’;
The Christian Science Monitor, 8th October 1974

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Hammer price: £2,300
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

VIEWING NOTICE

This work will be on view in London on 7th & 8th May

4 Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London, SW7 2JE

Tuesday 7th May 3pm-6pm

Wednesday 8th May 9am-4pm

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Footnote
Nicholson visited Morocco in 1971; for a similar work see Chefchaouen, Morocco, ‘Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour’, Jovan Nicholson, Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 2016, p. 109, in the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust.

The present owner's parents were active members of the the Christian Science Church in London along with two of Winifred's sons.  The present work was illustrated courtesy of Winifred Nicholson in The Christian Science Monitor (see image and cutting attached).

We are grateful to Jovan Nicholson for his assistance in cataloguing the present work.

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