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Anatomy of an Artwork – Lowry's 'Excursion to Piccadilly Circus'

London | March 2014

Anatomy of an Artwork – Lowry's 'Excursion to Piccadilly Circus'

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In Piccadilly Circus, London, L.S. Lowry, Britain's most popular painter of working class life, makes a rare excursion from his usual subject-matter of factories. The subtle yet sophisticated painting leads a remarkable single-owner collection of pieces by Lowry that will be sold at Sotheby's New Bond Street, just a few hundred yards from Piccadilly Circus. Learn more about Lowry: the A.J. Thompson Collection, to be offered in London on 25 March.

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