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Materials:

oil and cut canvas on panel

Measurements:

18.50 in. (47.00 cm.) (height) by 22.52 in. (57.20 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated 'JOHN PIPER/Painting 1935/PRICE 20gns' (on the reverse of the frame)

Exhibited:

London, Zwemmer Gallery, 7 & 5 Fourteenth Exhibition, October 1935, no. 10. London, Duncan Miller Ltd, Modern Pictures for Modern Rooms: an exhibition of Abstract Art in contemporary settings arranged by S. John Woods and Duncan Miller, April 1936, no. 19, as 'Painting 1936'. Cardiff, Arts Council of Great Britain, British Art and the Modern Movement 1930-40, October - November 1962, no. 60. London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, John Piper in the 1930s Abstraction on the Beach, April - June 2003, no. 29.

Literature:

Axis 4, November 1935, p. 17, illustrated, as 'Drawing for Painting (1935)'. S. John Woods, Review of 7 & 5 Exhibition, Decoration 7, November 1935. S. John Woods, John Piper Paintings, Drawings & Theatre Designs 1932-1954, London, 1955, pl. 19. F. Spalding and D. Fraser Jenkins, exhibition catalogue, John Piper in the 1930s Abstraction on the Beach, London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2003, pp. 44, 112, no. 29, illustrated.

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by his friend, the writer Sydney John Woods, and by descent.