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Artist/Maker
John Piper
(British, 1903 - 1992)
Datec. 1940
MediumWatercolor, gouache, and ink on paper
DimensionsComposition: 15 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (40 × 49.5 cm)
Frame: 25 1/2 × 29 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (64.8 × 74.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1996.15.12
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 39, illus., 41) [exhibited as "Nichelirey Abbey"].
1948
Washington, D.C. Phillips Memorial Gallery. "Three Exhibitions: Karl Knaths, Bernice Cross, John Piper," date unknown (cat. no. 21).; New York. Buchholz Gallery. "John Piper," February 3 - 21, 1948 (cat. no. 7).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 39, illus., 41) [exhibited as "Nichelirey Abbey"].
1948
Washington, D.C. Phillips Memorial Gallery. "Three Exhibitions: Karl Knaths, Bernice Cross, John Piper," date unknown (cat. no. 21).; New York. Buchholz Gallery. "John Piper," February 3 - 21, 1948 (cat. no. 7).
Provenance
1995: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by bequest of William G. Roehrick, Jr.;
1956 - 1995: William G. Roehrick, Jr., by bequest of Edward W. Root;
November 1948 - 1956: Private collection of Edward W. Root, by purchase from Buccholz Gallery;
April 1945 - 1956: Buccholz Gallery, New York, NY;
April 1945: Buccholz Gallery, New York, NY, on commission from the American-British Art Center, New York, NY.
1956 - 1995: William G. Roehrick, Jr., by bequest of Edward W. Root;
November 1948 - 1956: Private collection of Edward W. Root, by purchase from Buccholz Gallery;
April 1945 - 1956: Buccholz Gallery, New York, NY;
April 1945: Buccholz Gallery, New York, NY, on commission from the American-British Art Center, New York, NY.
Published References
David Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992), [checklist] 65. [published as "Nichelirey Abbey"]
Signature
Signed "John Piper" at lower left in paint.
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Object number: 1996.15.11
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