John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Lot 160

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

Nativity

Closed29 September 2020

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GBP 2,000

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John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Nativity
signed 'John Piper' (lower right)
ink, watercolour and wax crayon on paper laid on card
12 ½ x 10 in. (31.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1968.
There is a Christmas card designed and signed by John Piper attached to the backboard.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 19 July 1989, lot 416.
Private collection, London.
with Crane Kalman Gallery, London, where purchased by the family of the present owner in January 1990.

Specialist note


Rather than relying on his imagination, Piper almost invariably based his religious vignettes upon known examples of Romanesque or Medieval church sculpture which he had seen and sketched during trips to France during the 1960s, the decade from which the current work is thought to date.

We are very grateful to Rev. Dr Stephen Laird FSA for preparing this catalogue entry.