Ruishton Church, Somerset

Details

John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Ruishton Church, Somerset
signed 'John Piper' (lower left), and inscribed 'Ruishton Somerset Blue Lias/& Sandstone' (lower right)
gouache, coloured crayon and pen and black ink
20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.5 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner directly from the artist in the mid-1950s, with the assistance of the artist Walter Goetz.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

By the age of fourteen Piper had looked at every church in his home county of Surrey, sparking a lifelong fascination with ecclesiastical architecture (see R. Ingrams & J. Piper, Piper's Places, London, 1983, p. 14). Piper's interest in church buildings was furthered by his friendship with the poet, John Betjeman, whom he met in 1937. The two men travelled through England and Wales visiting a large number of churches together, and Piper went on to illustrate Betjeman's Poems in the Porch (1954), Collins Guide to English Parish Churches (1958) and Church Poems (1981).

The present work shows St George's Church in Ruishton, Somerset.

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