Live Auction 553120th Century British Art
John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Lot 40

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

Caernarvon III

Closed13 October 2010

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GBP 12,500

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John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Caernarvon III
signed 'John Piper' (lower right)
watercolour, pastel, ink and wax-resist
14½ x 21½ in. (36.8 x 54.6 cm.)

with Marlborough Fine Art, London, 1968.

Specialist note

Caernarvon is one of Wales' most impressive castles. The castle is located at the southern end of the Menai Straits between north Wales and Anglesey, where its construction was initiated by Edward I in 1283. In Piper's Caernarvon III the angular towers and crenellated gateways are poetically executed and luminated in the composition. Piper kept a holiday home with his wife in Wales and painted the magnificent ruins of Caernavon on several occasions.