Modern British and Irish Art Evening Auction

Modern British and Irish Art Evening Auction

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Property of a European Collector

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A.

Going to Work

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of a European Collector

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A.

1887 - 1976

Going to Work


signed L.S. LOWRY and dated 1957 (lower left)

oil on canvas

unframed: 41 by 51cm.; 16 by 20in.

framed: 55.5 by 65.5cm.; 22 by 25¾in.

Executed in 1957.


Lefevre Gallery, London, where acquired by Mrs J. Lawrie, circa 1958

Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1987

Their sale, Christie's London, 25 June 2015, lot 22

Richard Green Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, 2015

London, The Lefevre Gallery, Recent Paintings by L.S. Lowry, October 1958, no. 22