Coin and Musical Instruments

Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (verso, upper left): Ben Nicholson 1933 Coin & Musical Instruments

the artist (1933–58); [Gimpel Fils Ltd., London, 1958; sold in February 1958 to Zeisler]; Richard S. Zeisler (1958–d. 2007; his bequest to MMA)

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Twee Eeuwen Engelsche Kunst," July 4–October 4, 1936, no. 101 (as "Compositie," lent by the artist).

Venice. British Pavilion. "XXVII Biennale di Venezia: Exhibition of Works by Ben Nicholson, Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud," June 19–October 17, 1954, no. 16 (lent by the artist).

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. "Ben Nicholson," Winter 1954–55, no. 9 (as "Munt en muziekinstrumenten").

Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris. "Ben Nicholson," January 21–February 20, 1955, no. 9.

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "Ben Nicholson," March 5–27, 1955, no. 9.

Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen. "British Kunst 1900–1950: Malerieiog Sculplm," April 10–29, 1956, no. 40.

Oslo. Kunstnernes Hus. "Britisk natidskunst: maleri, skulptur, grafikk," May 12–June 10, 1956, no. 40.

IV Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de S. Paulo. "Ben Nicholson and Ten Young British Sculptors," September–December 1957, no. 3 (as "Moeda e instrumentos musicais," lent by the artist).

Museu d'Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro. "Ben Nicholson and Ten Young British Sculptors," January 27–February 23, 1958, no. 3.

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires. "Ben Nicholson and Ten Young British Sculptors," April 17–May 20, 1958, no. 3.

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. "Ben Nicholson," April 15–May 17, 1964, no. 7 (lent by Richard S. Zeisler).

Arts Club of Chicago. "Ben Nicholson," September 20–October 29, 1976, no. 1 (as "1933 Coin and Musical Instruments," lent by Richard S. Zeisler).

Buffalo. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. "Ben Nicholson: Fifty Years of His Art," October 21–November 26, 1978, no. 18 (as "1933 [coin and musical instruments]," lent by Richard S. Zeisler).

Washington, D. C. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. "Ben Nicholson: Fifty Years of His Art," December 21, 1978–February 18, 1979, no. 18.

Brooklyn Museum. "Ben Nicholson: Fifty Years of His Art," March 17–May 13, 1979, no. 18.

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. "Vom Klang der Bilder: Die Musik in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts," July 6–September 22, 1985, no. 392 (as "Medaille und Musikinstrumente," lent by Richard Zeisler Collection, New York ).

Madrid. Fundación Juan March. "Ben Nicholson," February 6–March 29, 1987, no. 23 (as "Moneda e instrumentos musicales," lent by Richard S. Zeisler, New York).

Lisbon. Gulbenkian Foundation. "Ben Nicholson," April 10–May 24, 1987, no. 23.

Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny. "Ben Nicholson," November 14, 1992–January 24, 1993, no. 14 (as "1933 [coin and musical instruments]—[pièce de monnaie et instruments de musiques]," lent by Richard S. Zeisler, New York).

London. Tate Gallery. "Ben Nicholson," October 13, 1993–January 9, 1994, no. 33 (as "1933 [coin and musical instruments]," lent by Richard S. Zeisler, New York).

Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Étienne. "Ben Nicholson," February 10–April 25, 1994, no. 33.

London. Tate Britain. "Picasso and Modern British Art," February 15–July 15, 2012, no. 45 (as "1933 [coin and musical instruments]").

Herbert Read. Ben Nicholson: Paintings, Reliefs, Drawings. Vol. 1, Rev. ed. (1st ed. 1948). London, 1955, pl. 66.

Charles Harrison. "Abstract Painting in Britain in the Early 1930s." Studio International 173 (April 1967), p. 180, ill.

Margaret Garlake. "Exhibition Reviews: London, Tate Gallery, Ben Nicholson." Burlington Magazine 135 (December 1993), p. 836.

Christopher Green in Picasso and Modern British Art. Ed. James Beechey and Chris Stephens. Exh. cat., Tate Britain. London, 2012, pp. 102–3, 230, no. 45, ill. (color).

Lucy Kent. "Immortal Mind: Christian Science and Ben Nicholson's Work of the 1930s." Burlington Magazine 157 (July 2015), pp. 476–77, fig. 41, calls it "1933 (coin and musical instruments)" locates it still in the collection of Richard S. Zeisler.