Beau Rivage, Beau Matin; The bay, Brittany

Details

Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949)
Beau Rivage, Beau Matin; The bay, Brittany
signed with initial 'N.' (lower left) and inscribed 'Beau Rivage/Beau Matin' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
15 x 18 in. (38 x 46 cm.)
Painted in 1926

Provenance

with Leicester Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in October 1953.

Literature

L. Browse, William Nicholson, London, 1956, no. 328, p. 86.
A. Nicholson, William Nicholson Painter, London, 1996, p. 213, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Beaux Arts Gallery, Pictures and Drawings by William Nicholson, June-July 1927, no. 19 as The Bay, Brittany.
Glasgow, Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd., Exhibition of Paintings by William Nicholson, April 1928, no. 18. as The Bay, Brittany, incorrectly dated to 1925.
London, Leicester Galleries, William Nicholson, June 1938, no. 9.
Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, William Nicholson: Painter, Landscape and Still life, 1995, no. 23.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The title translated means 'beautiful beach/shore, beautiful morning'. Beau rivage, like 'Sandy Cove', is a popular name for seaside hotels and the title is probably a play on words. The work was painted during the summer of 1926 in Brittany.
P.R.

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