Live Auction 17511Annabel's
Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Lot 32

Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)

Gurnards

Closed20 November 2018

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GBP 102,500

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Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Gurnards
signed 'Nicholson' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
11¾ x 16 in. (29.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1931.

with Leicester Galleries, London.
T.E. Milligan Grundy, 1943.
with Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London, 1949.
1st Baron Wilmot, 1956, and by descent to Lady Wilmot.
Her sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1964, lot 36.
with Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Acquired by Mark Birley by 1990.

Specialist note

In August 1931 William Nicholson and family holidayed on the west coast of Ireland, near Letterfrack in County Galway. During the three week stay he produced a portrait, since lost, a landscape of the hills near Letterfrack (private collection) and this beautifully observed study of two red gurnards. Unlike his other fish paintings where the subjects lie on plates or newspaper, these are resting on the sandy beach against a bank of seaweed and pebbles.

We are very grateful to Patricia Reed for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.