Lot Essay
We are very grateful to Rev. Dr Stephen Laird F.S.A. for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
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Ruishton Church, Somerset
Details
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.
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.
Provenance
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.
Their estate sale; Christie's, London, 13 December 2012, lot 114, where purchased by the present owner.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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