Five Circles (plate, folio 35) from 23 Gravures

Ben NicholsonWW-1934-M006790

1934·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)

Catalogue

Year: 1934
Medium: 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
Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 6 1/4 × 7 7/8" (15.8 × 20 cm); sheet: 8 5/16 × 11" (21.1 × 28 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Ben Nicholson

Artist

Ben Nicholson

Sculpture

Ben Nicholson was a British sculptor whose practice spanned abstract and figurative forms across stone, bronze, and wood. Active from the early twentieth century through the 1980s, he developed a distinctive approach to volumetric composition that engaged with modernist reduction without abandoning representational anchor points. His work bridges constructivist and organic formal traditions, characterised by precise carving and a refined material sensibility.

Denham, UK

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