Lot Essay
The subject is Grey Street Recreation Ground on Whit Wednesday
Details
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Punch and Judy
signed and dated lower left L.S. Lowry 1943, oil on canvas
16 x 22in. (40.6 x 55.8cm.)
Punch and Judy
signed and dated lower left L.S. Lowry 1943, oil on canvas
16 x 22in. (40.6 x 55.8cm.)
Provenance
Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased for 50gns. in April 1951
Literature
M. Collis, The Discovery of L.S. Lowry, London, 1951, pl.13
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, Paintings by L S Lowry, April 1948, no.20
London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry 1887-1976, Sept.-Nov. 1976, no. 137 (illustrated)
Carlisle, Tullie House, The Reverend Mr Bennett's Lowrys, Jan.-April 1992, no. 4 (illustrated in colour)
London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry 1887-1976, Sept.-Nov. 1976, no. 137 (illustrated)
Carlisle, Tullie House, The Reverend Mr Bennett's Lowrys, Jan.-April 1992, no. 4 (illustrated in colour)