Lot Essay
The present work is a study for an oil in the collection of the University of Salford, titled Narcia, Hamburg, a scene from the Swan Hunter shipyard on the River Tees.
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Marcia, Hamburg
Details
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Marcia, Hamburg
inscribed 'MARCIA/HAMBURG' (lower left), signed, inscribed again and dated 'MARCIA/AT SWAN HUNTERS/HAMBURG/L.S. Lowry 1967' (on the reverse)
pencil
11½ x 8¼ in. (29.2 x 20.9 cm.)
Marcia, Hamburg
inscribed 'MARCIA/HAMBURG' (lower left), signed, inscribed again and dated 'MARCIA/AT SWAN HUNTERS/HAMBURG/L.S. Lowry 1967' (on the reverse)
pencil
11½ x 8¼ in. (29.2 x 20.9 cm.)
Exhibited
Salford, The Lowry, Lowry's Travels, 1993.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Sale room notice
Please note that the exhibition Lowry's Travels was held in 2003, and not as stated in the catalogue. The oil Narcia, Hamburg was on loan to the exhibition, not this lot as stated in the catalogue.