A Board Meeting (recto); Road through a Wood (verso)

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
A Board Meeting (recto); Road through a Wood (verso)
signed and dated 'L.S.Lowry 1942' (lower right)
oil on panel
14¼ x 12 in. (36.2 x 30.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Lefevre Gallery, London, July 1948.
Purchased by Monty Bloom in November 1953, and by descent.

Exhibited

London, Lefevre Gallery, Paintings by L.S. Lowry, February-March 1945, no. 30, as 'The Board Meeting'.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Recent Paintings by L.S. Lowry, March 1951, no. 43.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Recent Paintings by L.S. Lowry, March 1953 (ex catalogue).

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Lot Essay

Painted in 1942, A Board Meeting belongs to a group of works by Lowry depicting interior scenes of meetings populated exclusively by businessmen in dark suits. These works, which include The Creditors' Meeting, 1944 (private collection) and The Boardroom, circa 1920 (The City of Salford) are autobiographical in that they refer to Lowry's employment as a rent collector for the Pall Mall Property Company. Although this facet of Lowry's life was only known to a small circle of friends and colleagues, it was not only crucial in enabling him to make ends meet when sales were poor, but also facilitated his contact with the wide variety of people that populate his paintings.

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