Figures, Six Bells, Abertillery, Ebbw Fach Valley, South Wales

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Figures, Six Bells, Abertillery, Ebbw Fach Valley, South Wales
signed and dated 'L S Lowry 1969.' (upper left)
ball point pen on The Elms, Stalybridge Road, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Cheshire writing paper&L
4½ x 7 in. (11.4 x 17.8 cm.)
There is a further sketch of figures and ships on the reverse.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to Frances Flook, Victoria Road, Six Bells, Abertillery and by descent.

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Lot Essay

Lowry visited Abertillery on a number of occasions to paint and in order to visit Mrs Flook, a fortune teller, to whom he gave the present drawing. He admitted to being deeply impressed by Mrs Flook's knowledge of his life, although he never disclosed in detail what she had told him (see S. Rohde, L.S. Lowry A Biography, Salford, 1999, pp. 372-74).

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