Bonhams will offer works from the collection of Cyril Reddihough, one of Ben Nicholson’s major supporters, at its Modern British and Irish Art Sale in London on June 15, 2016. Described by Bonhams as “one of the finest collections of British Modernist art to come to auction,” the Reddihough Collection includes key works by major figures in the history of British Modernist art such as Nicholson, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Winifred Nicholson, and Alfred Wallis among others.Highlights of the collection include Nicholson’s “Painted Relief,” 1941, (estimate: £400,000 to £600,000) and “1928 (Pill Creek)” (estimate: £200,000 to £300,000), the original plaster model for Moore’s 1945 “Reclining Figure” sculpture (estimate: £150,000-200,000), Winifred Nicholson’s 1925-6 painting “The Warwick Family” (estimate: £60,000-80,000), and Hepworth’s 1947 oil-and-pencil-on-board “Study for Group” (estimate: £50,000 to £80,000).Bonhams Director of Modern British and Irish Art, Matthew Bradbury, said: “Cyril Reddihough’s patronage was, of course, very important to Nicholson financially, but the story of their relationship is really one of a great friendship as we can see in the personal works within the Reddihough collection. The major acquisitions which provided Ben with such security were rewarded with personally dedicated, at times esoteric and always thoughtful pieces. Gifted works, inscribed by Ben appear regularly in the collection from the 1920s onwards and include the beautifully crafted Bus Ticket, regular and varied Christmas tokens also sent from Barbara Hepworth and numerous memento drawings and prints of trips taken together. The Reddihough Collection presents the largest ever single owner group of works by Ben Nicholson to appear at auction, an unprecedented opportunity for collectors to engage with one of the most significant collections of its type to ever come to market.”
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