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John Piper

Ruin by the Roman Wall

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June 10, 02:51 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

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John Piper

1903 - 1992

Ruin by the Roman Wall


signed John Piper (lower left); also signed John Piper, titled and inscribed (partially obscured, on the backboard)

pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour wash and gouache on paper

unframed (sheet): 40.5 by 52cm.; 16 by 20½in.

framed: 53.5 by 65.5cm.; 21 by 25½in.

Executed in 1937.

Alex. Reid and Lefevre Gallery, London, 1937

Mr and Mrs Hans Juda, London

Their sale, Sotheby's London, 1 November 1967, lot 67

Thomas Agnew and Sons, London

Private Collection UK, acquired from above in 1967, thence by descent, until 2022

Acquired by the present owner

Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, In Our View: the Collection of Mr and Mrs Hans Juda, May - June 1967, no. 90