Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)

Girl with red Scarf and Trousers

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Girl with red Scarf and Trousers
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1967' (lower right), signed and dated again and inscribed 'Girl with Red/Scarf & trousers/L S Lowry/1967' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased direct from the artist by the present owner in November 1967.
Literature
L. Ives, Some Memories of Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A., Manchester Medicine, 1989, IV, no. 2, pp. 11-14 (illustrated on the cover).
Exhibited
Manchester, Didsbury College, Collectors' Choice Exhibition, November 1970 (no catalogue produced).
Kirkcaldy, Art Gallery, Group of Eight Exhibition, October 1971, no. 5.
Nottingham, University Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry, R.A., May-June 1974, no. 17.
Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, The Ives Collection of L.S. Lowry, February-March 1974, no. 12.
Mottram-in-Longdendale, The Old Courthouse, L.S. Lowry Mottram Memorial Exhibition, June 1977, no. 6.
Stalybridge, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry, November-December 1983, no. 52.
Salford, Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Centenary Exhibition, October-November 1987, no. 316.
Middlesborough, Arts Council, South Bank Board, Cleveland Art Gallery, The Art of L.S. Lowry, December 1987-January 1988, no. 68: this exhibition travelled to Coventry, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, January-February 1988; Stoke-on-Trent, Art Gallery, March-April 1988; Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Exhibition, April-May 1988; London, Barbican Art Gallery, August-October 1988.
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Lot Essay

"A November evening. I knocked on the door of The Elms.
'Come in, Sir. I have a picture for you.'
Lowry went to his back room and came back with this painting.
'I was thinking of you when I did this. One for your clinic! What do you think? Give me a title.'
'Well... it is a girl...'
'A GIRL! It is a BOY but I won't fall out with you over a little matter like that. Well, what do I call it?'
'She is wearing a red scarf and black trousers.'
'Wait, that's it, let me get a pen.'
Lowry picked up a felt tipped black pen. 'Now, Sir, what was that... Girl wearing (or with) a red scarf and black trousers... There it is on the back for all time but I still think it is a boy. But I'm grateful, very grateful indeed.'
He sat down in his armchair and put his feet up on the brown and cream art-decoish fire surround.
'Do you know, Sir, I could have sat here for ten years, ten whole years, and never thought of that title. Do you eat a lot of fish?...'"

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