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John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Lot 165PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JEAN HATTON DUFFY

John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)

Oedipus Rex

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John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Oedipus Rex
signed 'John Piper' (lower right)
pencil, brush, black ink, watercolour, bodycolour and collage
15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm.)
Executed in 1945

with Buchholz Gallery, New York, where purchased by Jean Hatton Duffy, 1948.

Note du spécialiste

Piper was made a Trustee of the Tate Gallery in 1944, and shortly afterwards started on a series of stage designs for Olivier's Oedipus Rex at the Old Vic Theatre Company, and Britten's Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring.