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Ben Nicholson

Deep Persian Lilac, 1955

Description

Maker

  • Ben Nicholson, 1894-1982, English

Title

Deep Persian Lilac

Year

1955

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

77.5 x 69.8 cm (30 x 27 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated top overlap on back of canvas: Ben Nicholson, Nov 55 (deep Persian Lilac)

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Richard Brown Baker

Object Number

1996.11.37

Projects & Publications

Publications

Made in the UK

Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Made in the UK

September 23, 2011 - January 8, 2012

Recent Acquisitions

February 18 - April 16, 2000

Richard Brown Baker described himself as "inadequately experienced" when asked to comment on the collection of contemporary art that he exhibited at RISD in 1959. The Providence native had recently narrowed his collecting focus to "art since 1945," but had already assembled an international sampling of artists such as Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Lionel Feininger, Hans Hofmann, and Robert Motherwell.

Over the next four decades, Baker continued to collect, and the RISD Museum had numerous occasions to celebrate his passion for contemporary art. In 1997, Baker's gifts were the focus of an exhibition that honored his generosity to RISD and his long involvement as a member of the Museum's Fine Arts Committee. His love of British art is demonstrated by David Hockney's exuberant Plastic Tree Plus City Hall and Ben Nicholson's enigmatic Nov. 55 (Deep Persian Lilac), two of hundreds of works of art that have been given to RISD by Baker.

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