Ben Nicholson was proud of his primitive taste

A fragment of a Cycladic figure once owned by Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) is the lynchpin of an exhibition held by two dealers: Willoughby Gerrish and Elliot Davies.

The fragmentary torso was an item of inspiration for Nicholson, who wrote to his fellow artist and …

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