Lampaul-Ploudalezeau

Details

John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Lampaul-Ploudalezeau
signed 'John Piper' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'Lampaul-Ploudalezeau 21 3 61' (lower left)
ink, pastel, watercolour and gouache on paper
13 5/8 x 20 3/8 in. (34.6 x 51.7 cm.)
Executed on 21 March 1961.

Provenance

with Marjorie Parr, London.
Acquired from the above, and by descent.

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Lot Essay

Lampaul-Ploudalezeau is a commune located in the Finistere region of Brittany, France. Piper, in his mid-career, seems to have been particularly attracted to relatively desolate Celtic coastlines, with the Brittany subjects (which date from the end of the 1950s to the early 1960s) supplemented by comparable series of works depicting the beaches and cliffs of Anglesey and of Pembrokeshire, in Wales; and - by the late-1960s - Connemara in Ireland.

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

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