Saturday morning at Stalybridge

細節

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Saturday morning at Stalybridge
signed 'L S Lowry' (lower left)
pencil
8½ x 5¼ in. (21.5 x 13.4 cm.)
Executed in 1972

來源

A gift from the artist to the present owner's father, Mr. A.F. Ives in October 1972.

展覽

Nottingham, University Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry, R.A., May-June 1974, no. 44.
Mottram-in-Longdendale, The Old Courthouse, L.S. Lowry Mottram Centenary Exhibition, June 1977, no. 12.
Stalybridge, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry, November-December 1983, no. 39.
Salford, Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Centenary Exhibition, October-November 1987, no. 278.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Lawrence Ives describes how his father visited Lowry on an errand in the evening of 25 October 1972. Lowry asked him if he had one of his drawings and offered him a choice of three works: Saturday Morning in Stalybridge, a woman pushing a pram and a sharply drawn lane. When Mr Ives selected the drawing of Stalybridge, Lowry asked,
'Are you an artist, Sir?'
Mr Ives replied in the negative.
'Well anyway, you've picked the best one of the bunch!'