Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale

Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale

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John Piper

Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire

Lot Closed

June 30, 11:03 AM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

John Piper

1903 - 1992

Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire


signed John Piper (lower right); also signed John Piper, titled, dated 1977 and inscribed (on the reverse)

crayon, oil and mixed media on canvas

unframed: 106.5 by 183cm.; 42 by 72in.

framed: 130.5 by 207cm.; 51¼ by 81½in.

Executed in 1977.


We are grateful to Hugh Fowler-Wright for his kind assistance with the cataloguing for the present work. 

Marlborough Fine Art, London
Sale, Christie's London, 5 November 1999, lot 36
Sale, Christie's London, 23 November 2001, lot 94
Sale, Christie's London, 9 June 2006, lot 185, where acquired by the previous owner
Their sale, Christie's London, 26 November 2015, lot 193, where acquired by the present owners
Richard Ingrams and John Piper, Piper's Places, Chatto and Windus, London, 1983, pp. 164-165, illustrated pl. 133
John Piper - From His Studio, exh. cat., London, Berkeley Square Gallery, 1995, illustrated with the artist in his studio