John Piper
Coalport, Shropshire
Auction Closed
November 26, 03:10 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
John Piper
1903 - 1992
Coalport, Shropshire
signed John Piper (lower right); titled and dated 1957 (on the reverse)
watercolour, pen and ink, crayon, gouache, watercolour wash and pencil on paper
unframed (sheet): 57 by 78cm.; 22½ by 30¾in.
framed: 82.5 by 102.5cm.; 32½ by 40¼in.
Executed in 1957.
We are grateful to Hugh Fowler-Wright for his kind assistance with the cataloguing for the present work.
Private Collection
Paisnel Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner
John Piper and John Betjeman published the Shell Guide to Shropshire in 1951 with a black and white drawing of effectively this view, which shows one side of the industrialised valley of the Severn river.
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