Foliate Head (The Green Man)

Details

John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Foliate Head (The Green Man)
signed 'John Piper' (lower right)
watercolour, ink and crayon on paper
13 ½ x 8 ¾ in. (34.5 x 22 cm.)
Executed in 1978-79.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to 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.

Présenté par

Philip Harley

pharley@christies.com +44 207 389 2687

Descriptif du lot

This can be dated accurately to 1978/79 as it is one of a series of original works related to Piper's design for a lithograph (Levinson 315) which was included in the luxury edition of the volume John Piper by Anthony West, Secker and Warburg 1979.

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

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