Ruin by the Roman Wall
Auction Closed
June 10, 02:51 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
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
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