Live Auction 13297Modern British & Irish Art
Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Lot 123

Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)

Joseph Gilstrap Branston

Closed23 March 2017

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GBP 2,500

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Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Joseph Gilstrap Branston
signed and dated 'W. N. P. Nicholson/July/91' (lower right)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25 7/8 in. (77 x 65.6 cm.)

Commissioned by the sitter, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 February 1975, lot 23, where purchased by Underhill.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 23 January 1992, lot 58.

Specialist note

Joseph Gilstrap Branston (1838-1926) was a notable figure and member of the financial élite of maltsers in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Branston's local prominence is notable in the commissioning of this portrait, he often declared 'My hobby has always been town improvements for the good of us all' (see P. Reed, loc. cit.).