Fawley Court

Details

John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Fawley Court
signed, inscribed and dated 'John Piper/Fawley Court 1941' (lower centre)
ink, watercolour and gouache
16½ x 22¼ in. (42 x 56.5 cm.)

Provenance

with J. Leger & Son, London, April 1941, where purchased by the present owner's aunt.

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

John Piper produced several works depicting buildings in the Fawley Court estate which was close to his home. Some of the works, including The Dairy, Fawley Court, 1940 (Tate Gallery collection) were shown at Marlborough Gallery, in 'Georgian Arcadia', 16th September - 16th October 1987. In the accompanying catalogue Roger White, secretary of the Georgian Group (the Golden Jubilee of which was celebrated by the show) writes: 'Julian Freeman, owner of Fawley Court in the mid-18th century, designed his own mausoleum and also laid out a shrubbery walk between the house and the Thames, complete with a folly that is a mixture of Gothick ruin and domed classical rotunda'. Until relatively recently the folly also incorporated a carving from the 2nd-century BC Pergamon Altar.

We are very grateful to Rev. Dr Stephen Laird FSA for preparing this catalogue entry.

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