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