Artist Monograph

Ben Nicholson, British

British, 1894–1982

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Gouache	4	33.3%
Oil Painting	3	25%
Etching	3	25%
Lithography	2	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	6	50%
Painting & Sculpture	5	41.7%
Architecture & Design	1	8.3%

Production by Decade

5

1930s

2

1940s

5

1960s

Classification Types

Painting — 4
Print — 2
Drawing — 2
Illustrated Book — 2
Sculpture — 1
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	30%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	50%
Large (1–3 m)	2	20%

Range: 20.0 cm → 141.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	1
1945	1
1963	1
1976	2
1982	1
1985	2
1994	3
2000	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Five Circles (plate, folio 35) from 23 Gravures Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1945.16	1934, published 1935	Lithograph from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut	composition (irreg.): 6 1/4 × 7 7/8" (15.8 × 20 cm); sheet: 8 5/16 × 11" (21.1 × 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Imperial Airways Design Acc. 1521.2000	1935	Lithograph	38 3/4 x 23 5/8" (98.4 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Abstract Composition Drawing Acc. 935.1983	1936	Gouache on paper on board	sheet: 15 × 20 1/8" (38.1 × 51.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Gouache 1938-42 Painting Acc. 650.1994	1938-42	Gouache and pencil on board	10 x 12 1/2" (25.4 x 31.8 cm) including painted wood frame ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest
Painted Relief Sculpture Acc. 1645.1940	1939	Oil and pencil on boards mounted on painted plywood	32 7/8 x 45" (83.5 x 114.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of H. S. Ede and the artist (by exchange)
Gouache 1940-43 Painting Acc. 649.1994	1940-43	Gouache on board	9 1/2 x 9 3/4" (24.1 x 24.8 cm) including painted wood frame ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest
Painting 1943 Painting Acc. 648.1994	1943	Gouache and pencil on board mounted on painted wood frame	9 3/4 x 10" (24.6 x 25.3 cm) including painted wood frame ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest
In-text plate (folio 15) from 21 Etchings and Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1963.12	1960	Drypoint from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure	composition (overall): 6 7/8 × 12 5/16" (17.5 × 31.2 cm); page: 16 7/8 × 19 11/16" (42.8 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Jacquelynn Shlaes
Untitled Drawing Acc. 191.1982	1962	Pencil and oil paint [?] on paper on painted masonite	sheet: 14 5/16 × 20" (36.3 × 50.8 cm); masonite: 20 13/16 × 26 1/4" (52.8 × 66.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Russell
Locmariaquer 5 Painting Acc. 1055.1983	February 1964	Oil on board mounted on painted wood	38 1/2 x 55 7/8" (98 x 141.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Ronco Print Acc. 558.1976	1968	Etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Institute of Contemporary Prints (through The International Graphic Arts Society, by exchange)
Two Sculptural Forms Print Acc. 559.1976	1968	Etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Institute of Contemporary Prints (through The International Council, by exchange)