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1941 (relief)

1941

Ben Nicholson

(British, 1894–1978)
Culture
England, 20th century
Medium
oil on wood
Measurements
Framed: 46.7 x 65.4 x 5.1 cm (18 3/8 x 25 3/4 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1965.449
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
223 20th Century Avant-Garde
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Did You Know?

At the time Ben Nicholson was making his "white reliefs" that combined painting and sculpture, he was living with the sculptor Barbara Hepworth and frequently used her tools.

Description

Between 1934 and the early 1940s, Ben Nicholson made a series of geometric abstractions that combined painting and sculpture. Each “white relief,” of which this is an example, was painstakingly carved from a solid piece of timber and painted with multiple layers of white pigment. Nicholson began creating his white reliefs shortly before his first visit to Piet Mondrian’s Paris studio. Nicholson and Mondrian shared a belief in the potential of abstract art to attain the highest level of aesthetic and spiritual power.

1941 (relief)

1941

Ben Nicholson

(British, 1894–1978)
England, 20th century

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