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Artist |
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John Piper |
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Title |
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Forms on green ground
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Medium |
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oil on canvas |
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Size |
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60 x 72 in. / 152.5 x 183 cm. |
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Description |
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oil on canvas |
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Sale Of |
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Sotheby's London: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
[Lot 50]
20th Century British Art
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Estimate |
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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, Brook Street Gallery;
Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, John Piper: 50 Years of Work, 20 May - 29 July 1979, no.16; with tour to The Minories, Colchester;
Cambridge, Kettle's Yard Gallery, Circle: international survey of constructive art, February - March 1982, no.33;
London, The Tate Gallery, John Piper, 30 November 1983 - 22 January 1984, no.23.
London, Imperial War Museum, John Piper: The Forties, 19 October 2000 - 28 January 2001, no.1, illustrated in the catalogue, p.61;
Henley-on-Thames, The River and Rowing Museum, John Piper Centenary: Crossing Boundaries, 14 November 2003 - 29 February 2005, no.5.
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Literature |
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Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo and J.L. Martin (eds), Circle, New York, 1971, no.26, illustrated;
S.John Woods, John Piper: Paintings, Drawings & Theatre Designs 1932-1954, Curt Valentin, New York 1955, pl.23 (size erroneously given as 36 by 48in.).
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