Live Auction 14436Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Lot 295

Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)

On the Downs, Rottingdean

Closed23 November 2017

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GBP 23,750

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Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
On the Downs, Rottingdean
signed 'Nicholson' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Painted in 1910.

A gift from the artist to James Pryde, and by descent.
Mrs James Pryde, her sale; Christie’s, London, 2 July 1948, lot 53, as ‘On the Downs at Rottingdean’.
with Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London.
Alan Ross, 1956.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 22 February 1980, lot 102, as ‘The Downs near Rottingdean’.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 19 November 1980, lot 95, as ‘On the Downs near Rottingdean’.
with Mayor Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 1 July 1993, lot 8, as ‘On the Downs near Rottingdean’, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

'As this work was presented by the artist to his brother in law James Pryde, it seems reasonable to assume that Pryde is the figure in the foreground, relaxing on the slopes of Beacon Hill. The view looks south towards Rottingdean Gap with East Hill to the left and the sea in the distance' (P. Reed, William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, New Haven and London, 2011, p. 186).