Head of a man

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Head of a man
signed with initials 'LSL' (lower right)
pencil
8 x 8 in. (20.4 x 20.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1920

Provenance

A gift from the artist to Frank Whalley in 1975, by whom given to Trevor Grimshaw in 1976, from whom purchased by the present owner in January 1980.

Exhibited

Mottram-in-Longdendale, The Old Courthouse, L.S. Lowry Mottram Memorial Exhibition, June 1977, no. 11 (illustrated).
Stalybridge, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, November-December 1983, no. 46.
Salford, Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Centenary Exhibition, October-November 1987, no. 210.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This is one of a series of heads thought to be of office staff at the Pall Mall Property Company in Manchester where Lowry worked as a rent collector between 1910 and 1952. Lowry gave twelve such heads, including this drawing and Head of a Man, circa 1918, to Frank Whalley in 1975.

Lawrence Ives acquired the present work from Trevor Grimshaw (to whom it was given by Frank Whalley) in 1980 in exchange for a Keith Vaughan Crucifixion and a Roger Hilton Reclining Woman.

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