Azetaio, Portugal, Variation on a Theme no. 2

• Pen and ink, gouache and pencil on paper
• Signed and dated 65-67 on the reverse
• In original wood frame, mounted on canvas 
• 11.7 x 12.3 cm (21.2 x 24.5 cm)

Provenance

• Marlborough Fine Art, London (1968)
• Christie's London, 20th February 1990, lot 224
• Christie's New York, 3rd November 1993, lot 341

Exhibitions

• Ben Nicholson, New Works: Wash Drawings in Relief and Mixed Media, Marlborough Fine Art, London, October – November 1968, cat. no. 63

Parchment, 1968

• Pencil and colour wash over a printed base
• Signed and titled on the backboard
• In contemporary gold-leaf frame
• 20 x 18–25.5 cm (41 x 47.5 cm)

Provenance

• Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1968)
• Crane Kalman Gallery, London (1969)
• Collection of Dr. Charles Lewsen
• Sotheby’s London, 8th March 1995, lot 112
• Collection of David Bowie (1947-2016)
• Sotheby’s London, Bowie/Collector, 11th November 2016, lot 241

Exhibitions

• Ben Nicholson, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, April – June 1968, cat. no. 72 (illustrated)