20th Oct, 2020 10:00
Modern British and 20th Century Art - Live Online
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▲ John Piper CH (1903-1992)
John Piper CH (1903-1992)
Still Life with a Gargoyle, circa 1981
signed upside down u.l., titled verso, pen and ink, watercolour and gouache
56 x 78.5cm
Provenance: Sir David Tang, Hong Kong
The dark colours and bold juxtaposition of foreground subjects can be found in several works executed in the early 1980s - a period when Piper experimented with new compositions, drawing from his existing painting and work in other media, such as photography and ceramics. The sculpted head relates to similar female forms found notably in 'Girl’s head with flowers' (1981) and 'A Window at North Moreton' (1982), which both introduce a woman’s face into the artist’s more familiar subject matter. Similar dog-like gargoyles appear in one of Piper’s photographs now held at the Tate Gallery, (ref: TGA 8728/1/21/115), while the background figures are drawn from a large screenprint, 'Eye and Camera: Blue to Ochre' (c.1977), also at the Tate. For further details and illustration of related work in this period, see D F Jenkins and H Fowler-Wright, 'The Art of John Piper' (Unicorn/Portland Gallery: 2016, pp.397-400).
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Auction: Modern British and 20th Century Art - Live Online, 20th Oct, 2020
The much anticipated Modern British & 20th Century Art Live Online auction on 20 October includes an A-Z of 'Mod Brit' artists with works by Cedric Morris (1889-1982), Sir Terry Frost (1915-2003), Dame Elisabeth Frink RA (1930-1993), John Piper CH (1903-1992), Edward Seago RWS RBA (1910-1974), Grayson Perry (b. 1960) and Edward Bawden CBE, RA (1903-1989).
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