Balloon Seller

Details

Harold Riley (b. 1934)
Balloon Seller
signed and dated 'Riley 73' (lower right)
oil on board
9½ x 5¾ in. (24.6 x 14.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Hilliards, Bolton, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

'Lowry particularly liked the balloon man who we saw on the Salford market at Cross lane. When he looked at the painting [Balloon Seller], he made a comment that, "He couldn't stand up in those boots sir." So I scraped them out and he repainted them on the spot.' (Private correspondence with Harold Riley, 2011).

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