LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

71 x 91.5 cm.

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1953'lr

Exhibited:

London, Arts Council of Great Britain and the Football Association, Football, 1953, no. 49 (awarded first prize).Manchester, City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry: Retrospective Exhibition, June - July 1959, no. 56.Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry: Paintings and Drawings, September - October 1962, no. 65.Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry, April - June 1973, no. 57.London, Lefevre Gallery, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by L.S. Lowry R.A., May - July 1976, no. 17.London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry R.A. 1887-1976, September - November 1976, no. 198.Salford, The Lowry, Lowry's People, April - September 2000, exhibition not numbered.Salford, The Lowry, The Art of White, November 2005 - April 2006, exhibition not numbered.London, Tate Britain, Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, June - October 2013, exhibition not numbered.Salford, The Lowry, on long term loan, 2000 - 2022.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by L.S. Lowry R.A., London, Lefevre Gallery, 1976, pp. 7, 28, no. 17, illustrated, also on the front cover.Exhibition catalogue, L.S. Lowry R.A. 1887-1976, London, Royal Academy, 1976, pp. 79-80, no. 198, illustrated.M. Levy, The Paintings of L.S. Lowry, London, 1978, n.p., pl. 63, as 'Football Ground'.D. McLean, L.S. Lowry, London, 1978, p. 13, illustrated.S. Rohde, A Private View of L.S. Lowry, London, 1987, pp. 107, 229, 233, 271.S. Rohde, L.S. Lowry: a biography, Salford, 1999, pp. 343, 349-350, 409, illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, Lowry's People, Salford, The Lowry, 2000, p. 3, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.S. Rohde, The Lowry Lexicon: An A-Z of L.S. Lowry, Salford, 2001, n.p., illustrated.A. Kalman and A. Lambirth, L.S. Lowry: Conversation Pieces, London, 2003, pp. 114-115, illustrated.'Burton Lowry for Sale', Burton Mail, 11 May 2004, n.p., illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, The Art of White, Salford, The Lowry, 2005, pp. 83, 93, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.T.G. Rosenthal, L.S. Lowry: The Art and the Artist, Norwich, 2010, pp. 133, 135, 186-187, illustrated.Exhibition catalogue, Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, London, Tate Britain, 2013, pp. 108-109, 218, exhibition not numbered, fig. 53.

Provenance:

with Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, where purchased by Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes of Saddleworth, K.G., D.F.C., P.C., D.L., on 6 November 1953. with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by Tommy Steele on 9 March 1976. Anonymous sale; Sothebys, London, 1 December 1999, lot 40, where purchased by the present owner.