Modern British and Irish Art Evening Auction
Modern British and Irish Art Evening Auction
PROPERTY FROM THE BEAVERBROOK ART GALLERY, SOLD TO BENEFIT FUTURE ACQUISITIONS
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A.
Beach Scene, Lancashire
Premium Lot
Auction Closed
November 21, 05:49 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A.
1887 - 1976
Beach Scene, Lancashire
signed L.S. LOWRY and dated 1947 (lower right)
oil on canvas
unframed: 91.5 by 71cm.; 36 by 28in.
framed: 110.5 by 90cm.; 43½ by 35½in.
Executed in 1947.
The Lefevre Gallery, London
The Leicester Galleries, London
Acquired by Lord Beaverbrook, 31 March 1955
Gifted by Lord Beaverbrook to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 1959
Beaverbrook Art Gallery: Paintings, University Press of New Brunswick, Fredericton, 1959, p.51
London, The Lefevre Gallery, Paintings by LS Lowry, April 1948 (as Beach Scene)
Manchester, Mid-day Studios, Paintings by LS Lowry, 26 October - 20 November 1948 (as Beach Scene)
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Looking Forward- An Exhibition of Realist Pictures by Contemporary British Artists, 23 September - 2 November 1952, no. 60
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, British Romantic Painting in the 20th Century, 27 July - 24 October 1953, no. 31
Fredericton, University of New Brunswick, Exhibition of Paintings by Old and Modern Masters, 19 October - 4 November 1955, no. 57
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