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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 12, 2017 | Sotheby's | London | Modern & Post-War British Art | 10 | $****** - ****** | TWO FISHES |
paintings
56 x 69 cm (22.05 x 27.17 in)
oil and pencil on canvas, laid on board
signed and dated 1932 on the canvas overlap
Edward Wadsworth
Mayor Gallery, London, where acquired by the British Council, 1948
Acquired from the above by an Important Private Collection, Japan, 1952, from whom acquired by the present owner
Probably London, Arthur Tooth and Sons, Carvings by Barbara Hepworth, Paintings by Ben Nicholson, 9th November - 3rd December 1932, cat. no.4 (incorrectly listed in the catalogue as no.21);
Dusseldorf, Hetjens Museum, Contemporary Painting in Great Britain, 27th November - 18th December 1948, cat. no.29, with British Council tour to Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Musée de L'Etat, Luxembourg, and Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels;
São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Bienal de São Paulo, 1951, cat. no.23;
Tokyo, Metropolitan Art Gallery, The First International Art Exhibition, 22nd May - 14th June 1952, un-numbered catalogue, with tour to Sogo Gallery, Osaka, Matsuzakaya Gallery, Nagoya, Iwataya Gallery, Fukuoka and Metropolitan Art Gallery, Kyoto.
signed and dated 1932 on the canvas overlap
oil and pencil on canvas, laid on board
56 by 69cm.; 22 by 27¼in.
