LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.00 in. (76.20 cm.) (height) by 40.00 in. (101.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1960' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, Lefevre Gallery, New Paintings by L.S. Lowry, October 1961, no. 34. Sunderland, Art Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, L.S. Lowry R.A. Retrospective Exhibition, August - September 1966, no. 88: 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. Cardiff, National Gallery of Wales, on loan. London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry, September - November 1976, no. 255.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, L.S. Lowry, Sunderland, Art Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1966, pp. 17, 33, no. 88, pl. 23. D. McLean, L.S. Lowry, London, 1978, p. 20, illustrated. T. Rosenthal, L.S. Lowry the Art and the Artist, Norwich, 2010, p. 86-87, illustrated.

Provenance:

Alastair Roger. Mrs Richard Beecham. with Roy Miles Fine Paintings, London, where purchased by the present owner in April 1983.