Country road near Lytham
L.S. Lowry
R.B.A., R.A.
Price Realized
£301,250 ($474,770)
Estimate
£150,000 - £250,000 ($238,500 - $397,500)
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Country Road, near Lytham
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1952' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in October 1977.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings by L.S. Lowry R.A., London, Lefevre Gallery, 1976, no. 14, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, L.S. Lowry, London, Royal Academy, 1976, p. 79, no. 195, as 'A Country Road', illustrated.
D. McLean, L.S. Lowry, London, 1978, p. 12, illustrated.
Exhibited
Sunderland, Art Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, L.S. Lowry R.A. Retrospective Exhibition, August - September 1966, no. 71:
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.
London, Lefevre Gallery, A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings by L.S. Lowry R.A., May - July 1976, no. 14.
London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry, September - November 1976, no. 195, as 'A Country Road'.
Visit the the studio in Nottinghamshire, the largest collection of LS Lowry artist signed, limited edition prints in the UK.
Please take a moment to browse and enjoy the signed limited edition prints and paintings by wildlife artist David Shepherd,
Also the work of Sir William Russell Flint whose paintings and signed limited edition prints are in great demand.
Famous for his portraits of Cecilia, Flint's greastest works illustrate the architecture and landscape throughout rural France
This holiday house near Brantome, in the area of Dordogne is ideally situated to enjoy the France.
The work of Mr L.S. Lowry has become of great artistic and financial importance of recent years. A selection of his signed prints and drawings
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