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Tarquin

John Piper

Tarquin, Paintings by John Piper

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  • Piper painting
  • Piper drawing
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UK

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Paintings

Subject

Male

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John Piper, Piper painting, Piper drawing

Marked Down $5,500.00
Gallery Price $12,000.00
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Title
Tarquin
Artist
John Piper
Medium
Watercolor and black ink on paper
Sight size
18 3/4" height X 13 3/4" width
Frame
Heavily distressed wood molding, three mat boards, regular glass.
Frame size
25 3/4" height X 20 3/4" width
Signed
"John Piper" at viewer's lower right in image
Date of creation
Circa 1946
Condition
Excellent
Provenance
New York estate containing exceedingly high quality art PB
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About The Tarquin

Dr. Stephen Laird commented

"I am pretty sure this is a costume design for a character in the Benjamin Britten (as composer)John Piper (as designer) collaboration, the chamber opera "The Rape of Lucretia". Designs were produced around 1946. Piper design both scenery and costumes, and this was one of his earlier theatre projects. . .

These theatre-related works are collected by fans of the Piper-Britten collaborations. Your drawing is a good size too. I think a smart London gallery would ask up to $12,000."

Marked Down from $9,000 to $5,500

About John Piper

(1903-1992)"This British painter worked in watercolor, gouache and oil paint. He produced landscapes, urban landscapes as well as architectural views and seascapes. Piper also created designs for tapestries, stained glass, mosaics and for stage sets.

Richmond School of Art, the Royal College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art in London all helped form this marvelous man's art talent between 1925 and 1930. On a visit to Paris in 1933, where he became more absorbed in the abstract movement led by artists such as Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth, Piper also met Helion, Braque, Leger, Arp and Brancusi.

He became a member of the London Group and also of the 7 & 5 Society, the members of which included Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Ivon Hitchens, Frances Hodgkins, Barbara Hepworth and Winifred Nicholson."

Excerpted from Benezit's Dictionary of Artists

Other Works By John Piper:
  • Bethesda, Stow Bardolph, Cambs, Paintings by John Piper
  • Coastal Rockscape, Paintings by John Piper
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