Lot Essay
The present work is an imaginary, industrial landscape based on the ironworks, now demolished, between Hindley and Ince-in-Makerfield (see Arts Council exhibition catalogue, 1966, p. 13).
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Industrial landscape
Details
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Industrial landscape
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1936' (lower right)
oil on panel
10 x 18½ in. (25.3 x 47 cm.)
Industrial landscape
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1936' (lower right)
oil on panel
10 x 18½ in. (25.3 x 47 cm.)
Provenance
Monty Bloom.
Purchased by Mrs. Doris Bloom at the 1972 exhibition.
Purchased by Mrs. Doris Bloom at the 1972 exhibition.
Literature
M. Collis, The Discovery of L.S. Lowry, London, 1951, pl. 7.
Exhibited
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, The Works of L.S. Lowry, September-October 1962, no.22.
Sunderland, Arts Council, Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry, August-September 1966, no. 31, pl. 10: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, September-October 1966; Bristol, City Art Gallery, October-November 1966; and London, Tate Gallery, November 1966-January 1967.
Southport, Atkinson Art Gallery, The Bloom Collection, 1967.
London, Hamet Gallery, L.S. Lowry, September-October 1972, no. 10 (illustrated).
Sunderland, Arts Council, Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry, August-September 1966, no. 31, pl. 10: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, September-October 1966; Bristol, City Art Gallery, October-November 1966; and London, Tate Gallery, November 1966-January 1967.
Southport, Atkinson Art Gallery, The Bloom Collection, 1967.
London, Hamet Gallery, L.S. Lowry, September-October 1972, no. 10 (illustrated).
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