LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas over panel, partly cut

Measurements:

12.00 in. (30.48 cm.) (height) by 15.00 in. (38.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, inscribed and dated, ‘Abstract Painting/John Piper/1935’ (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

London, Zwemmer Gallery, 7 & 5 Society , 14 th Exhibition , October 1935, no. 10. Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, "In our view": some paintings and sculpture bought by Hans & Elsbeth Juda between 1931-1967 , May - June 1967, no. 93. Colchester, The Minories, 7&5 Society , 1979, exhibition not traced. London, Tate Gallery, John Piper , November 1983 - January 1984, no. 18. London, Spink, John Piper: Early Oils & Watercolors , July 1996, no. 2

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, 7 & 5 Society , 14 th Exhibition, London, Zwemmer Gallery, 1935, no. 10, illustrated. S. J. Woods, ‘Review of 7 & 5 exhibition’, Decoration 7 , November 1935. Exhibition catalogue, John Piper , London, Tate Gallery, 1983, no. 18, p. 85. Exhibition catalogue, John Piper: Early Oils & Watercolors , London, Spink, 1996, no. 2, illustrated. D.F. Jenkins and F. Spalding, exhibition catalogue, John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach , London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2003, p. 22, fig. 6

Provenance:

The Juda Collection. Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 22 June 1977, lot 180. with David Hughes, London, from whom acquired by the present owner, circa 1994