Artist Monograph

John Piper, British

British, 1903–1992

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	6	13.6%
Gouache	2	4.5%
Etching	2	4.5%
Oil Painting	1	2.3%
Watercolor	1	2.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	43	97.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	2.3%

Production by Decade

1910s

1930s

1940s

1950s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 37
Print — 3
Drawing — 3
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	35	79.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	20.5%

Range: 10.1 cm → 76.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	24
1950	3
1951	15
1960	1
1967	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 44 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Gloriana: Gittern Player Drawing Acc. 2506.1967	n.d.	Gouache, watercolor, charcoal and pencil on paper	22 1/8 x 15 1/2" (56.2 x 39.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Trustees of the Pastorale Fund
STONE WALL, ANGLESEA Print Acc. 364.1951	1918	Lithograph, printed in color	Sheet 20 x 25" (50.8 x 63.5 cm) Comp. 15 3/4 x 20 7/8" (40.0 x 53.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
BEDFORD SQUARE (plate, folio 15) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.6	1939		plate 7 11/16 x 10 15/16" (19.6 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.1-12	1939	12 etching and aquatints, printed in black	page 9 7/8 x 15 5/16" (25 x 38.9 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
BRIGHTON FROM THE STATION YARD (plate, folio 11) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.4	1939		plate 8 7/16 x 11 1/2" (21.4 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
BRUNSWICK TERRACE (plate, folio 13) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.5	1939		plate 8 3/8 x 10 15/16" (21.3 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
KEMP TOWN (plate, folio 19) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.8	1939		plate 7 3/8 x 10 15/16" (18.8 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
MIXED STYLES REGENCY-VICTORIAN-MODERN (plate, folio 17) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.7	1939		plate 7 5/8 x 10 7/8" (19.4 x 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
REGENCY SQUARE (plate, folio 21) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.9	1939		plate 10 13/16 x 8 5/16" (27.5 x 21.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
REGENCY SQUARE FROM THE WEST PIER (plate, folio 9) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.3	1939		plate 8 3/8 x 11 7/16" (21.3 x 29.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH (plate, folio 25) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.11	1939		plate 10 15/16 x 4 15/16" (27.9 x 12.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
THE CHAPEL OF ST. GEORGE, KEMP TOWN (plate, folio 23) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.10	1939		plate 7 11/16 x 10 7/8" (19.5 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
THE FIRST AVENUE HOTEL, HOVE (plate, folio 5) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.1	1939		plate 6 15/16 x 10 15/16" (17.6 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
THE METROPOLE HOTEL FROM THE WEST PIER (plate, folio 27) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.12	1939		plate 8 3/8 x 10 15/16" (21.3 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
THE ROYAL PAVILION (plate, folio 7) from BRIGHTON AQUATINTS Illustrated Book Acc. 206.1951.2	1939		plate 7 5/8 x 10 7/8" (19.4 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Richardson
Untitled (plate, folio 9) from Salvo for Russia Illustrated Book Acc. 617.1949.8	1942	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with five etchings (one with aquatint) and five engravings	plate: 2 15/16 × 4" (7.5 × 10.1 cm); page (irreg.): 9 1/8 × 6 1/4" (23.2 × 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
APPROACH TO GORDALE SCAR, YORKSHIRE (plate, facing page 70) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.8	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 3/4 x 7 1/8" (12 x 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
AT LEWKNOR, OXFORDSHIRE (plate, facing page 43) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.5	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 3/4 x 7 1/16" (12 x 18 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Cover from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.13	1943-1944	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 3/4 x 11 15/16" (14.7 x 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
EASEGILL, LANCASHIRE (plate, facing page 75) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.9	1943-1944		irreg. composition 7 1/16 x 4 3/4" (17.9 x 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
GRONGAR HILL, CARMARTHENSHIRE (plate, facing page 26) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.4	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 3/4 x 7 3/16" (12 x 18.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
PARK PLACE, BERKSHIRE (plate, facing page 90) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.10	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 3/4 x 7 1/16" (12 x 18 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
PISTYLL CAIN, NORTH WALES (plate, facing page 1) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.1	1943-1944		irreg. composition 7 1/16 x 4 3/4" (18 x 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
RIEVAULX ABBEY, YORKSHIRE (plate, facing page 58) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.6	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 3/4 x 7 1/8" (12 x 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
STONESFIELD, OXFORDSHIRE (plate, facing page 102) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.12	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 3/4 x 7 3/16" (12.1 x 18.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
TALLAND CHURCH, CORNWALL (plate, facing page 95) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.11	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 13/16 x 7 1/16" (12.3 x 18 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
TOMEN-Y-MUR AND ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE, NORTH WALES (plate, facing page 11) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.3	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 3/4 x 7 3/16" (12 x 18.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
TRAWSFYNNYDD, MERIONETH (plate, facing page 63) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.7	1943-1944		irreg. composition 4 3/4 x 7 1/16" (12 x 18 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
WEATHERCOTE CAVE, YORKSHIRE (plate, facing page 4) from ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.2	1943-1944		irreg. composition 7 1/16 x 4 3/4" (18 x 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
English Scottish and Welsh Landscape: 1700-c.1860 Illustrated Book Acc. 602.1949.1-13	1944. (Prints executed 1943-1944).	Illustrated book with thirteen lithographs	page 8 3/16 x 5 3/8" (20 x 13.6 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Frontispiece from THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.1	1946		irreg. composition 7 1/2 x 4 9/16" (19 x 11.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 22) from THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.2	1946		irreg. composition 7 1/2 x 4 1/2" (19.1 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 29) from THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.3	1946		irreg. composition 4 1/2 x 7 1/2" (11.5 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 39) from THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.4	1946		irreg. composition 4 1/2 x 7 9/16" (11.5 x 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 42) from THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.5	1946		irreg. composition 4 1/2 x 7 9/16" (11.5 x 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 52) from THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.6	1946		irreg. composition 7 1/2 x 4 1/2" (19 x 11.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 69) from THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.7	1946		irreg. composition 4 1/2 x 7 7/16" (11.5 x 18.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 76) from THE CASTLES ON THE GROUND Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.8	1946		irreg. composition 7 1/2 x 4 1/2" (19 x 11.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Setting for Rape of Lucretia Drawing Acc. 389.1960	1946	Gouache on paper	17 x 21 3/8" (43.2 x 54.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
The Castles on the Ground Illustrated Book Acc. 603.1949.1-8	1946	Illustrated book with eight lithographs	page 8 1/4 x 5 5/16" (21 x 13.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
SUTTON WALDRON Print Acc. 310.1950	(1949)	Lithograph, printed in color	Sheet 26 1/8 x 20 1/8" (66.4 x 51.2 cm) Comp. 18 3/8 x 13 5/8" (46.8 x 34.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
YARNTON MONUMENT, OXON Print Acc. 311.1950	(1949)	Lithograph, printed in color	Sheet 19 3/4 x 26 3/8" (50.1 x 66.9 cm) Comp. 15 1/2 x 20 3/8" (39.4 x 51.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Cwn Tryfan Rock Painting Acc. 19.1951	1950	Oil on canvas	25 1/8 x 30" (63.8 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
End of the Glyder Mountain Drawing Acc. 322.1950	1950	Gouache on paper	22 5/8 x 27 5/8" (57.5 x 70.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Curt Valentin