John Piper. A Painter's Camera. Buildings and Landscapes in Britain 1935-1985

Introduction by David Fraser Jenkins.

The Tate Gallery. London. 1987. First edition. Hardback; oatmeal cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 141 pages. 119 duotone lithographic plates. English. 230 x 255mm. 1kg. 0946590818. Fine, in near fine dust jacket.

In 1985 Piper donated over 5,000 of his negatives to the Tate Gallery Archives. This book reproduces 119 photographs from the archive. Piper used photographs as a source of inspiration for his paintings, but also directly in publications such as the Shell County Guides and Architectural Review. The images capture the British landscapes and its buildings.