Deans mill, Swinton

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Deans mill, Swinton
signed and dated 'L.S. Lowry 1946' (lower right)
pencil
9½ x 14¾ in. (24.1 x 37.5 cm.)

Provenance

The Property of a New England Museum, U.S.A., their sale; Christie's, London, 12 March 1993, lot 109.
with Pyms Gallery, London.

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Lot Essay

The mills and factories of Swinton and Pendlebury were a continual source of fascination for Lowry. He lived amongst this industrial landscape for over forty years, and while he often commented that he had no choice in his subject matter: 'I did the paintings of factories and industrial workers because I lived on the spot. There was nothing much else for me to paint' (see J. Sandling and M. Leber, Lowry's City A Painter and his Locale, Salford, 2000, p. 17).

Another view of Deans mill, executed in 1956, is in the collection of the City of Salford.

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