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John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Lot 114

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

Ruishton Church, Somerset

Fermé13 December 2012

Prix réalisé

GBP 15,000

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John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Ruishton Church, Somerset
signed 'John Piper' (lower left), and inscribed 'Ruishton Somerset Blue Lias/& Sandstone' (lower right)
gouache, coloured crayon and pen and black ink
20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.5 cm.)

Acquired by the present owner directly from the artist in the mid-1950s, with the assistance of the artist Walter Goetz.

Note du spécialiste

By the age of fourteen Piper had looked at every church in his home county of Surrey, sparking a lifelong fascination with ecclesiastical architecture (see R. Ingrams & J. Piper, Piper's Places, London, 1983, p. 14). Piper's interest in church buildings was furthered by his friendship with the poet, John Betjeman, whom he met in 1937. The two men travelled through England and Wales visiting a large number of churches together, and Piper went on to illustrate Betjeman's Poems in the Porch (1954), Collins Guide to English Parish Churches (1958) and Church Poems (1981).

The present work shows St George's Church in Ruishton, Somerset.