LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976) - photo 1
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LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)

Lot 20
18.10.2023 18:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 600 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 20 | LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 800 000
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)

Going to the Match

signed 'L.S. LOWRY' (lower right), signed again and dated 'L.S. Lowry. 1946.' (on the reverse), signed again 'L.S. Lowry' (on a label attached to the reverse)

oil on panel

11 x 19 ½ in. (28 x 49.5 cm.)

Painted in 1946.





Provenance

The Rev. Geoffrey S. Bennett.

His sale; Christie's, London, 23 March 1995, lot 102.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 June 1999, lot 269, where purchased by the previous owner.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 May 2012, lot 43, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

Exhibition catalogue, L.S. Lowry: Early Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Geoffrey S. Bennett, Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, 1961, n.p., no. 4, incorrectly dated '1931', illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, The Reverend Mr Bennett's Lowrys, Carlisle, Tullie House, 1978, n.p., no. 17, illustrated.

T.G. Rosenthal, L.S. Lowry: The Art and the Artist, Norwich, 2010, pp. 174-175, illustrated.



Exhibited

Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry: Early Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Geoffrey S. Bennett, June - August 1961, no. 4, incorrectly dated '1931'.

London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry, R.A., September - November 1976, no. 103, incorrectly dated '1931'.

Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, L.S. Lowry, December 1977 - January 1978, no. 17: this exhibition travelled to Hawick, Wilton Lodge Museum, January - February 1978; Aberdeen, Art Gallery, February - March 1978; Dundee, Museum and Art Gallery, March - April 1978; Inverness, Museum and Art Gallery, April - May 1978; and Perth, Museum and Art Gallery, May - June 1978.

Carlisle, Tullie House, The Reverend Mr Bennett's Lowrys, January - April 1992, no. 17.

Salford, The Lowry, on long term loan, 2012 - 2022.
Artist:Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 - 1976)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Cityscape
Auction house category:Paintings
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