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1940–43 (two forms)

Ben Nicholson (1894–1982)

National Museum Cardiff

1940–43 (two forms)

© Angela Verren Taunt. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Under the influence of the Dutch pioneer of abstract art, Piet Mondrian, Nicholson became the most uncompromising British modernist. Between 1933 and 1945 he investigated form and space through abstract arrangements of circles and rectangles. Here, the overall effect is of lightness and clarity. The dark passages are surrounded with lighter hues and the large rectangle at the right is pierced by a white block. The two forms of the title float before a field of bands graded from off-white to blue-grey.

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Title

1940–43 (two forms)

Date

1940–1943

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 60.5 x W 59.5 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2036

Acquisition method

purchased, 1975

Work type

Painting

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Ben Nicholson

1894–1982

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