Thornton Abbey Gateway
Artist
John Piper
British, 1903 - 1992
Daten.d.
MediumWatercolor, ink, gouache, pastel, watercolor paper
DimensionsOverall: 15 x 21 7/8 in. (38.1 x 55.6 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift to The Murray Collection in memory of Terry A. Murray
Object number1991.2.15
On View
On viewCollections
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Works on Paper
SignedLR, signed in ink, cursive "John Piper" over "Thornton Abbey."
InscribedOn the reverse, upper center, in black ink, printed "Thornton Abbey Geteway" in what appears to be the artist's handwriting.
Also on the reverse, in pencil, UR "14 3/4 x 21 3/8"; and in the LL "NY9146"
DescriptionArchitectural facade, Thornton Abbey in October, 2009, removed from a twentieth-century worm-holed oak frame with wide cove molding, faint grey-green stain or bleaching effect.Exhibition HistoryChecklist number 29, page 47;"The Murray Collection: Art of the Twentieth Century, Selections from the Permanent Collection," The Hyde Collection, Dec. 4, 1993-Feb. 20, 1994.
“Architect[ural],” The Hyde Collection, Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, June 7 – Sept. 28, 2025ProvenanceNew York, NY, Jane S. Murray
1991, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
