LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

36.02 in. (91.50 cm.) (height) by 48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated 1936 on the reverse; also signed and inscribed J Piper/ Fawley Bottom/ Henley on Thames on a label attached to the stretcher

Exhibited:

London, Camden Town, Bowman's furniture shop, 1936; London, The London Gallery, Constructive Art, July 1937, no.37; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, John Piper: 50 Years of Work, 20 May - 29 July 1979, no.15, illustrated in the catalogue, p.18; with tour to The Minories, Colchester; London, The Tate Gallery, John Piper, 30 November 1983 - 22 January 1984, no.23; London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, John Piper in the 1930s: Abstraction on the Beach, 2003, no.41, illustrated in the catalogue, pp.45, 129.

Provenance:

The artist, and thence by descent