Modern British Day Auction

Modern British Day Auction

Property from an Important American Collection

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A.

Street Musicians

Auction Closed

June 30, 10:59 AM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A.

1887 - 1976

Street Musicians


Signed L.S. LOWRY. and dated 1938. (lower right)

oil on canvas

unframed: 43.5 by 53.5cm.; 17 by 21in.

framed: 61 by 71cm.; 24 by 28in.

Executed in 1938.

Please note that this lot is subject to a guaranteed minimum price and an irrevocable bid. Please refer to the online catalogue for information on guaranteed property and irrevocable bids.
Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London, where acquired by a Private Collection 
Their sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 March, 1982, lot 145 where acquired by A.J. Thompson
His estate sale, Lowry: The A.J. Thompson Collection, Sotheby's London, 25 March, 2014, lot 11, where acquired by the present owner

Possibly Wellington, The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, 8 November 1939 - 4 May 1940

Salford, Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings by Laurence S Lowry R.B.A., 1 - 31

October 1941, no. 11 

Sunderland, Sunderland Public Art Gallery, Industrial Street Scenes by L. S. Lowry R.B.A., 31 September - 13 October 1942 (unnumbered catalogue)

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