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Lot 203

John Piper CH, British 1903-1992 - Échillais, Charente, 1969; gouache on paper, signed lower right...

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Lot 203

John Piper CH, 
British 1903-1992 - 
Échillais, Charente, 1969; 
gouache on paper, signed lower right...

Price Realised: £10,496

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

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Lot 203

Description

John Piper CH, 
British 1903-1992 - 

Échillais, Charente, 1969; 

gouache on paper, signed lower right 'John Piper', 57 x 76.7 cm (ARR) 

Provenance: 
with Marlborough Gallery, London, stock no.XLOL 9373 (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); 
private collection 

Exhibited: 
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, 'John Piper: Oil paintings, drawings, gouaches, watercolours and ceramics’, 7th July–11th August 1973, touring to Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Burnley, 8th September–6th October, no.15, illus. on cover  

Note: 
Piper repeatedly made works depicting the Charente region of France, notably in 1957 when these works were a focus of an exhibition at The Leicester Galleries, London. A number of the related prints are now in public collections including the Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland. Piper also had a related earlier exhibition with Marlborough in 1969 'John Piper: European Topography 1967-69. Oil Paintings and Gouaches', which featured a variant on this work 'Échillais, Charente, 1968' (illus. in the catalogue, no.18). 

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