John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
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John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)

Industrial village

细节
John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Industrial village
signed 'John Piper' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1957.
来源
Purchased by Sir Colin Anderson at the 1957 exhibition.
His sale, where sold to benefit the Italian Art and Archives rescue Fund; Christie's, London, 14 July 1967, lot 185, where purchased by the present owner.
展览
London, Leicester Galleries, An exhibition of new paintings and water-colours by John Piper, November 1957, no. 18.
注意事项
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.

拍品专文

This painting is one of the seven lots, from various donors, which were sold by Christie's, London, on 14 July 1967, on behalf of the Italian Art and Archives Rescue Fund (IAARF). Immediately after the devastating floods of early November 1966 in Florence and Venice, people all over the world were anxious to give practical assistance to Italy in repairing the immense damage to its heritage.
Sir Ashley Clarke, former British Ambassador to Rome and chairman of the British Italian Society at that time, was asked to chair a committee to raise funds to help rescue the two cities: the IAARF was established by trust declaration deed on 15 December 1966. The fundraising efforts were directed at Florence first, and at Venice as well by the end of July 1967.

Under the supervision and with the help of a number of British experts on art and archive preservation, new restoration laboratories were established, and skilled personnel and conservation materials were provided. The National Library in Florence and Tintoretto's church of the Madonna dell'Orto in Venice were among the first beneficiaries of this generous fundraising.

Industrial village was purchased from Leicester Galleries by Sir Colin Anderson (1904-1980) in 1957. Anderson, Director of the P & O Line shipping company, was a key figure in the world of British art. He was, at various times, Chairman of the trustees of the Tate Gallery; Chairman of the Contemporary Art Society; a Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the English Opera Group; trustee of the National Gallery; and Provost of the Royal College of Art. He himself was a collector, and in 2005 Christie's sold works from his collection, by artists including Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore and David Hockney.

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