Sale 7729
London
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21 May 2009
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Price realised
GBP 91,250
Estimate
John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992) The Scuola di S. Marco and SS. Giovanni e Paolo signed 'John Piper' (lower left) oil on canvas 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 122 cm.) Painted in 1960.
Provenance
Mr and Mrs Elliott Jaques.
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Exhibited
London, Marlborough Gallery, John Piper Retrospective Exhibition, March 1964, no. 120, illustrated. London, Arthur Jeffress Gallery, no. 4, catalogue not traced.
We are very grateful to the Revd Dr Stephen Laird for his assistance in cataloguing lots 80 and 81.
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