Portland Bill

Details

John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Portland Bill
with inscription '"PORTLAND BILL"/1950' (on the reverse)
oil and collage on board
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm.)
To be sold with a copy of a letter from the artist to the present owner, dated 22 August 1975.

Provenance

with Leicester Galleries, London.

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Lot Essay

'The small painting you sent a photograph of, was one of quite a series I did at the time - about 1950 - of the same subject, more or less. That is, of blocks of newly quarried stone at Portland (Dorset) lying on, or near, the beach, beside fishermen's huts. They were of all shapes and sizes (the pictures) and some in oil, some in gouache, some pen-and-ink and water-colour. I don't think the one you have was specifically a study for a larger one' (Correspondence from John Piper to the present owner, 22 August 1975).

S.L.

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