Beatnik in the National Gallery

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Beatnik in the National Gallery
signed with initials and dated 'LSL 1960' (lower left)
pencil on Cranston's Waverley Hotel, Southampton Row, London WC1 paper
7¾ x 4¾ in. (19.7 x 12 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner direct from the artist in the 1960s.

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Lot Essay

The present work and lot 150 were acquired from the artist during the 1960s while the owner was working for Ganymede, publishers of Lowry's original edition prints.

An oil painting of the same composition, dated 1967, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 18 July 1990, lot 272.

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