- Created by
- Sir William Nicholson 1872–1949
- Recipients
-
Ben Nicholson OM 1894–1982
Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903–1975 - Title
- Letter to Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth from Ben’s father William, wishing them a happy new year for 1939 with sketches
- Date
- 29 December 1938
- Description
- Includes sketches of the sun over the sea, a sailing boat on the sea with a male figure on the shore, and a hand. Sent from an address in La Rochelle, France.
- Format
- Document - correspondence
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Purchased by the Tate Archive from Ben Nicholson's executors in 1987.
- Reference
- TGA 8717/1/1/1686
Archive context
- Ben Nicholson papers TGA 8717 (237)
- Correspondence TGA 8717/1 (79)
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