26th Feb, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903-1992)
''Fountains Abbey''
Signed and numbered 81/150, lithograph, 48cm by 63cm
Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Sold for £850
Estimated at £500 - £800
Time staining to the paper. Two patches of water damage to the lower margin. Extensive cockling to the paper with associated creasing lower right and upper left. Areas of medium-sized foxing, particularly evident to margins, to the right of the centre of the tree left-hand side edge, above the small ruin on the left, etc.. Surface dirt and foxing to mount. The print retains good colour depth. Not examined out of the frame.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 26th Feb, 2022
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