Live Auction 639020TH CENTURY BRITISH ART
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Lot 55

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

Head of a woman

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GBP 7,285

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Head of a woman
signed and dated 'L.S. Lowry 1918' (lower right)
pencil
16½ x 13 in. (42 x 33 cm.)

with Lancaster Galleries, Manchester.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 November 1982, lot 283, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Lawrence Ives always showed a large photograph of this accomplished drawing as an example of the artist's academic skill to visitors who called Lowry 'The Matchstick Man'.