Modern British Art
Modern British Art
John Piper
Slope of the Glyder Mountain, North Wales
Lot Closed
November 23, 05:09 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
John Piper
1903 - 1992
Slope of the Glyder Mountain, North Wales
each signed John Piper (lower right); also signed John Piper, titled, dated 1950 and inscribed (on the backing board)
each: watercolour, ink, gouache and pencil on paper
unframed (each sheet): 15.5 by 25cm.; 6¼ by 9¾in.
framed (as one): 51.5 by 42.5cm.; 20¼ by 16¾in.
Executed in 1950.
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We are grateful to Hugh Fowler-Wright and Luke Piper for their kind assistance with the cataloguing for the present work.
Acquired by present owner's grandfather in the 1950s and thence by descent
The present works relate to a small oil painting by John Piper titled Rock Face (pink, white & blue) which is reproduced in The Art of John Piper (Unicorn Press, 2016), p. 253.