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Backcloth design by John Piper for Benjamin Britten's opera Death in
John Piper (British, 1903–1992)
£200 hammer
≈ $254≈ €234
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- Medium
- Print (other) · Prints & multiples all print (other) results →As published: “print”
- Category
- Prints (general)
- Dimensions
- 42cm x 69.5cm
- Auction house
- Gorringe's
- Sale
- Gorringes Weekly House & Gardens Sale - Monday 26th February 2024 (srgo10400)
- Date
- February 26, 2024
- Location
- Lewes, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 749
- Estimate
- £100 – £150 (≈ $127 – $190) (≈ €117 – €175)
- Source
- Auction house bid.gorringes.co.uk ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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