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

Lot 9
19.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1388285
Lot 9 | LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
Estimate value
£ 750 000 – 950 000
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
May Day
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1935' (lower right), signed again 'L.S. LOWRY' (on the canvas-overlap)
oil on canvas
21 x 17 in. (53.4 x 43.2 cm.)
Painted in 1935.




Provenance

Acquired by Mrs K.N.M. Archer at the 1939 exhibition, and by descent.
A bequest from the above to Princess Helena College, Preston.
Their sale; Phillips, London, 17 November 1998, lot 73, where purchased by the previous owners.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 20 November 2013, lot 35, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

R. Brill, Modern Painting, London, 1945, p. 41, illustrated.



Exhibited

Manchester, Salford Art Gallery, Society of Modern Painters' 27th Exhibition, March - April 1939, no. 51.
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