An arrest

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
An arrest
signed and dated 'L.S. Lowry 1974' (lower left) and inscribed 'an arrest' (lower right)
pencil
16 x 11¾ in. (40.6 x 29.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Colnaghi & Co., London.
with Christopher Cole Gallery, Beaconsfield, where purchased by the present owner in 1980.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Drawings by Laurence Stephen Lowry, London, Colnaghi & Co., 1978, p. 3, no. 7.

Exhibited

London, Colnaghi & Co., Drawings by Laurence Stephen Lowry, May 1978, no. 7.

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Lot Essay

It is noted in Colnaghi's exhibition catalogue (loc. cit.) that 'the subject of his drawing was probably inspired by an incident in Lowry's rent collecting days, when he saw a respectable man in Oldham being arrested'.

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