Lot 78
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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)

Sailing Boats

Details
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Sailing Boats
signed and dated 'LS LOWRY 1956' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by Dr S.H. Foulkes, and by descent.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

Michael Howard (Lowry A Visionary Artist, Salford, 2000, p. 227) comments that 'Leisure boats and working ships held an endless fascination for Lowry, both as motifs in their own right and as sources for painterly effects. He regarded the problems of capturing the immensity of the sea and the quality of the light falling on its ever-changing surface as one of the major artistic challenges of his life'.

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