Live Auction 639020TH CENTURY BRITISH ART
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Lot 57

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

Saturday morning at Stalybridge

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Saturday morning at Stalybridge
signed 'L S Lowry' (lower left)
pencil
8½ x 5¼ in. (21.5 x 13.4 cm.)
Executed in 1972

A gift from the artist to the present owner's father, Mr. A.F. Ives in October 1972.

Specialist note

Lawrence Ives describes how his father visited Lowry on an errand in the evening of 25 October 1972. Lowry asked him if he had one of his drawings and offered him a choice of three works: Saturday Morning in Stalybridge, a woman pushing a pram and a sharply drawn lane. When Mr Ives selected the drawing of Stalybridge, Lowry asked,
'Are you an artist, Sir?'
Mr Ives replied in the negative.
'Well anyway, you've picked the best one of the bunch!'