The Ferry, South Shields

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
The Ferry, South Shields
signed and dated 'L.S. Lowry 1967' (lower left), signed and dated again and inscribed 'The Ferry South Shields L S Lowry 1967' (on the reverse)
pencil
9½ x 13¼ in. (24.2 x 33.6 cm.)

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Lot Essay

In the latter part of his life, Lowry spent many weeks at a time at the Seaburn Hotel in Sunderland. He would make taxi journeys to the docks at South Shields where he made many drawings and paintings of the busy port on the mouth of the Tyne (see M. Levy, Exhibition catalogue, L.S. Lowry, London, Royal Academy, London, 1976, p. 88).

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