Musical instruments (1933)

Nicholson, Ben (1894-1982)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1932-1933
Height:
103.0 cm  (40 9/16 in.)
Width:
90.5 cm  (35 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
England
School:
Cubism

    Item location

  • Kettle’s Yard (University of Cambridge)
    [Museum inv. no.: BN 15]

Description

Paired guitars, said to symbolise the coming together of the artist and his love, whose affair was at its most passionate at this point in time.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Beechey, James, and Chris Stephens, eds. Picasso and modern British Art (London: Tate Publishing, 2012) 102-103.

RIdIM record id

1599