Bandstand

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Bandstand
signed and dated 'L S Lowry 1950' (lower right)
ink
10½ x 14 5/8 in. (26.7 x 37.2 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by Rev. Geoffrey and Alice C. Bennett.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 7 June 1985, lot 237, where purchased by the present owner's grandfather, and by descent.

Literature

M. Levy (intro.), The Drawings of L.S. Lowry, London, 1976, n.p., pl. 137.

Exhibited

Salford, City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Centenary Exhibition, October - November 1987, on loan.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

Lowry and Geoffrey Bennett met in 1926 when Bennett worked as a clerk with Lowry's cousin, Grace Shephard, at the London and County Westminster Bank in Manchester. When Bennett married and moved to Cumbria, Lowry became a regular guest at their house Cleator Moor.

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