The Green Man
1992 · Plate
Victoria and Albert Museum
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John Piper
Artist
WA-00028925
PrintmakingCubismRomanticism
Representation
None documented
8
Institutional Exhibitions
231
Works in Collection
278
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1973–1974
No image
Modern Masterprints of Europe
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
No image
XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
No image
Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
No image
Selections from 5 New York Private Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
No image
Recent Acquisitions: British Color Lithographs
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950–1951
No image
New York Private Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948
No image
Britain at War
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
John Piper was a British painter, printmaker, and designer whose work pivoted between abstraction and topographical representation across a long postwar career. He worked extensively in watercolor, oil, and collage, often layering architectural fragments and landscape forms with a sensibility shaped by Cubism and English Romanticism. Piper designed stage sets and costumes for major theatrical productions and created vast bodies of work documenting British buildings, particularly those threatened by wartime destruction or modernization. His graphic language remained distinctly graphic and constructed, avoiding naturalism while maintaining a legible relationship to observed place.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Movement
Cubism
Medium
Printmaking
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Institutional
Museum Collections
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Artworks (231)
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Artwork sources (4)
231 published of 275 catalogued · 191 with image
- Tate183 published183 img
- MoMA44 publishedof 88 catalogued4 img
- Art Institute Chicago3 published3 img
- Victoria & Albert1 published1 img
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)
10 entries · 1 sources
- 1972 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1964 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1977 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1978 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1933 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1968 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1977 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1969 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1978 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1975 · Tate · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record
Images
Relationships
8Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
In collection
Tate
Market
Auction sale history
Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction
Market
Auction History
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artsy | Jul 2025 | £700 – £1,000 | Unsold |
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