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Artist |
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John Piper |
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Title |
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Forms on dark blue
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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36 x 48 in. / 91.5 x 122 cm. |
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Year |
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1936 - |
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Description |
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signed, titled and dated 1936 on the reverse; also signed and inscribed J Piper/ Fawley Bottom/ Henley on Thames on a label attached to the stretcher
oil on canvas |
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Misc. |
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Signed, Inscribed |
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Sale Of |
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Sotheby's London: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
[Lot 49]
20th Century British Art
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Estimate |
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Sold For |
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*
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Provenance |
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The artist, and thence by descent
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Exhibition |
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London, Camden Town, Bowman's furniture shop, 1936;
London, The London Gallery, Constructive Art, July 1937, no.37;
Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, John Piper: 50 Years of Work, 20 May - 29 July 1979, no.15, illustrated in the catalogue, p.18; with tour to The Minories, Colchester;
London, The Tate Gallery, John Piper, 30 November 1983 - 22 January 1984, no.23;
London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach, 2003, no.41, illustrated in the catalogue, pp.45, 129.
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