Modern British & 20th Century Art - 29th November 2017
Lot 72
‡John Piper (1903-1992) Flames
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
‡John Piper (1903-1992)
Flames, study for stained glass for St. Mark's, Broomhill, Sheffield west window, installed 1963-4
Mixed media and gouache
56 x 36cm (max - irregular shape)
Provenance:
Piper Estate
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, 22nd November 2005, No. 11640
The Collection of the late Dr. Peter Mangold
Piper wrote about his plan for St Mark's 'We worked on eight windows for Eton College Chapel...and the big task of the Baptistry Window at Coventry Cathedral... and it has clearly influenced my design at St Mark's in its simplicity and directness of approach. The flames, yellow on blue, with the sparks and tongues of red and orange, provide an abstract pattern which I hope will unite and contrast happily with the design of Mr Pace's geometrical tracery'