The Two Sisters

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
The Two Sisters
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1962' (lower right)
oil on panel
16 x 12 in. (40.7 x 30.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Lefevre Gallery, London, January 1963.

Exhibited

Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry An Exhibition to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Liverpool Trades Council, April-June 1973, no. 79.

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Lot Essay

As Lowry got older he gradually introduced more humour into his work. The small series of paintings of brothers and sisters from the early 1960s celebrate family life in a much more positive way than earlier representations of brooding siblings standing in the midst of a detached mother and father, which are such a feature of his interiors from the late 1930s and 1940s, such as Discord (1943; City of Salford). For another similar painting of two sisters, see The gossips (Two ladies) from 1961 which was sold in these Rooms, 9 June 2000, lot 148 (private collection).

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