Live Auction 717520th Century British Art
John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Lot 238

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

Glogue, Old Slate Quarry

Closed10 October 2012

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GBP 10,000

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John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Glogue, Old Slate Quarry
signed and dated 'John Piper/25 VII 81' (lower right), and inscribed 'Glogue/ex Slate Quay' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour, gouache, ink and pastel
15¼ x 23 in. (38.7 x 58.4 cm.)

with Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, March 1984.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 November 2006, lot 67, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Glogue, a small village in Pembrokeshire, was famous for many years for the slate slabs from its quarry. The present work, dated 1981, gives the title as 'ex-slate quarry'. It was the varied landscape of Pembrokeshire which appealed so strongly to Piper and which had led him in 1961 to buy a cottage at Garn-Fawr as a holiday home and studio.