John Piper. The Forties

David Fraser Jenkins.

Philip Wilson Publishers & Imperial War Museum. London. 2000. First edition. Hardback; burgundy cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 144 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. English. 285 x 245mm. 1.1kg. 9780856675294. Fine, in fine dust jacket.

An examination of John Piper's war and post-war art work. Piper was an official war artist and his work during this period is set bede his art of the late 1940s. As well as the paintings, the book features the artist's writings, designs for film posters and book jackets, photographs, exhibition catalogues, sketchbooks and letters.