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

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£ 400 000
Auction dateClassic
21.03.2023 18:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 922545
Lot 15 | LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)

The Clock Tower

signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1938' (lower left)

oil on canvas

21 x 15 1/2 in. (53.3 x 39.4 cm.)

Painted in 1938.





Provenance

Eric Newton, by 1950.

Eric and Stella Newton, their sale; Christie's, London, 23 November 2001, lot 104, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

M. Collis, The Discovery of L.S. Lowry, London, 1951, p. 7, pl. 8.



Exhibited

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Painters’ Progress, May - July 1950, no. 20.

Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, British Painting 1925-50, 1951, no. 40.

Bradford, Cartwright Memorial Hall, Golden Jubilee Exhibition: Fifty years of British Art 1904-1954, March - June 1954, no. 696.

Paris, Galerie Creuze, La Peinture Britannique contemporaine, October 1957.

Manchester, City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Retrospective Exhibition, June - July 1959, no. 31.

Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, Northern Artists, July - August 1960, no. 42: this exhibition travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, August - September 1960; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, September - October 1960; Bolton, City Art Gallery, October 1960; Bradford, City Art Gallery, November 1960; and Carlisle, Public Library and Art Gallery, December 1960.

Sheffield, Graves City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, September - October 1962, no. 28.

Sunderland, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry RA retrospective exhibition, August - September 1966, no. 33: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, September - October 1966; Bristol, City Art Gallery, October - November 1966; and London, Tate Gallery, November 1966 - January 1967.



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Artist:Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 - 1976)
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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