Glogue, Old Slate Quarry

Details

John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Glogue, Old Slate Quarry
signed and dated 'John Piper/25 VII 81' (lower right), and inscribed 'Glogue/ex Slate Quay' (lower left)
pencil, watercolour, gouache, ink and pastel
15¼ x 23 in. (38.7 x 58.4 cm.)

Provenance

with Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, March 1984.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 November 2006, lot 67, where purchased by the present owner.

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.

Lot Essay

Glogue, a small village in Pembrokeshire, was famous for many years for the slate slabs from its quarry. The present work, dated 1981, gives the title as 'ex-slate quarry'. It was the varied landscape of Pembrokeshire which appealed so strongly to Piper and which had led him in 1961 to buy a cottage at Garn-Fawr as a holiday home and studio.

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