Ben Nicholson

A lovely first edition centenary retrospective catalogue of Modernist painter Ben Nicholson. In the publisher's original glossy pictorial paper binding with French flaps.This volume is a first edition.This catalogue was produced for the centenary retrospective of British painter Ben Nicholson, displayed first at Tate Gallery in London from October 1993 to January 1994 and then at Musée d"Art Moderne, Saint-Étienne in early 1994.This volume features ten essays exploring various facets of Nicholson"s life and work, followed by a striking section of 134 illustrations across double-sided color plates. Collated, complete.Ben Nicholson (1894–1982) was an English painter associated with Modernism and the St Ives School, best known for his abstract reliefs and still lifes. He won the Guggenheim International Painting Prize in 1956 and represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1954. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps with French flaps. Externally, excellent, with just one or two slight handling marks to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout. Near Fine.…