Sale 7998
London
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17 November 2011
Price realised
GBP 11,250
Estimate
John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992) Dorset frieze signed 'John Piper' (lower right) watercolour, bodycolour and coloured crayon 21 x 27¼ in. (53.4 x 69.2 cm.) Executed in 1961.
Provenance
Kakunodate Museum, Japan. Museum at Tamada Project, Tokyo.
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Exhibited
Tokyo, Fuji TV Gallery, 1971, catalogue not traced.
S.L.
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