Irish Country House (Russborough) from Irish Country Houses series

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Artist/Maker John Piper (British, 1903 - 1992)

Date1946-47

MediumOil on canvas, mounted on board

DimensionsComposition: 6 3/4 × 16 1/4 in. (17.1 × 41.3 cm) Frame: 10 3/8 × 20 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (26.4 × 51.4 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineBequest of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971

Object number1996.15.24

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2008
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist", September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008, (unnumbered cat., illus., 43) [exhibited as "Russborough"].

1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 38) [exhibited as "Russborough"].

1982
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College."Edward W. Root Collector and Teacher," October 1 - November 14, 1982 (unnumbered cat.) [exhibited as "Russborough"].

1948
New York. Buchholz Gallery. "John Piper," February 3 - 21, 1948 (cat. no. 5) [exhibited as "Irish Country Houses (four panels)"].

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;
by February 3, 1948 - 1956: Buccholz Gallery, New York, NY.

Markings Adhesive label marked in ink on frame at upper left: No. 5 / Edward W. Root / Clinton / Oneida Co., N.Y.; Edward Root Collection label on backing at lower left; adhesive label marked in ink on backing at lower center: OE-4 / John Piper / Russborough (Irish Country House) / 7 x 6 1/2; Marked in red pencil on frame at upper center: Box 4; Marked in chalk on backing at center right [sideways]: 48892 / [illegible]; Entitled in ink on backing at upper right: Four Irish Country Houses No. 3 down RUSSBOROUGH

Published References John Piper (exh. cat. New York: Buchholz Gallery, 1948), 6. [no. 5]; EDWARD W. ROOT COLLECTOR AND TEACHER (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1982), 52. [published as Russborough].

David Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992), [checklist] 65. [published as Russborough].

Susanna White, et.al., THE BEST KIND OF LIFE: EDWARD W. ROOT AS TEACHER, COLLECTOR, AND NATURALIST (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Emerson Gallery, 2007), 43-44, illus., 43. [published as Russborough].

Signature Signed in oil at lower right: John Piper