Girl with bows

Details

LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
Girl with bows
pencil and red crayon on paper
11 ¼ x 8 ¾ in. (28.6 x 22 cm.)
Executed circa 1973.

Provenance

The Lowry Estate, by whom given to Shelley Rohde.
Her sale; Christie's, London, 21 May 2009, lot 96, where purchased by Carol Ann Lowry.

Literature

M. Leber and J. Spalding, L.S. Lowry, London, 1987, p. 141, no. 418.
S. Rohde, LS Lowry: A Life, London, 2007, p. 168, illustrated.

Exhibited

Salford, Salford Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry: The Centenary Exhibition, October - November 1987, no. 282.
Salford, The Lowry, on long term 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.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Shelley Rohde first met Lowry when she was working for the Daily Mail, and with Granada Television she subsequently made the award-winning documentary, L S Lowry: A Private View. She met Lowry on several occasions, publishing her biography on the artist in 1979.

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