Live Auction 21949Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
JOHN PIPER, C.H. (1903-1992)
Lot 233 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY COLLECTION

JOHN PIPER, C.H. (1903-1992)

Ruishton Church, Somerset

Closed22 March 2023

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GBP 7,560

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JOHN PIPER, C.H. (1903-1992)
Ruishton Church, Somerset
signed 'John Piper' (lower left), inscribed 'Ruishton Somerset Blue Lias/& Sandstone' (lower right)
watercolour, gouache, ink and coloured crayon on paper
20 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1955.

Acquired directly from the artist by Owen and Isobel Plowright of Dunsa House, Derbyshire.
Their estate sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 2012, lot 114, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

We are very grateful to Rev. Dr Stephen Laird F.S.A. for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.