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We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note that on Wednesday 26 February Kettle’s Yard will be closing at 3.30pm for a private event. Last entry to the house will be at 2.15pm. Thank you.

Please note that Kettle’s Yard is closed on Easter Sunday (20 April).

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Exhibition

Ben Nicholson: Chasing out something alive

27 July – 22 September 2002

Reliefs and drawings are the two poles between which Ben Nicholson’s imagination ranged, from the particular to the universal – the two-dimensional image exploring one facet of reality, the three-dimensional object another.

This exhibition showcased these two complementary aspects of the later work of Ben Nicholson. Apart from the white reliefs of the ’30s, these are the works by which he wanted to be judged.

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While the reliefs show Nicholson at his most abstract and austere, the drawings find him at his most personal and approachable. Many chronicle his travels, from Lavenham and Holkham, to Italy and Greece. Often overlooked, their wit, poetry and spontaneity, added to their variety and sheer virtuosity, entitle them to equal status with his paintings.

The exhibition was selected by Peter Khoroche.

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1924 (bertha no. 2)

Ben Nicholson

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1924 June (Balearic Isles)

Ben Nicholson

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1925 (jar and goblet)

Ben Nicholson

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1934 (relief)

Ben Nicholson

1934 (relief) Find out more

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Exhibition supported by The Friends of Kettle’s Yard, The Henry Moore Foundation and Christie’s.