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PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF ERIC AND STELLA NEWTON
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
The Black Tower
Details
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
The Black Tower
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1938' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 x 15 ½ in. (53.3 x 39.4 cm.)
Painted in 1938.
The Black Tower
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1938' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21 x 15 ½ in. (53.3 x 39.4 cm.)
Painted in 1938.
Provenance
Eric Newton, by 1950.
Eric and Stella Newton, their sale; Christie's, London, 23 November 2001, lot 104, where purchased by the present owner's father, and by descent.
Eric and Stella Newton, their sale; Christie's, London, 23 November 2001, lot 104, where purchased by the present owner's father, and by descent.
Literature
M. Collis, The Discovery of L.S. Lowry, London, 1951, p. 7, pl. 8.
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Painters’ Progress, May - July 1950, no. 20.
Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, British Painting 1925-50, 1951, no. 40.
Bradford, Cartwright Memorial Hall, Golden Jubilee Exhibition: Fifty years of British Art 1904-1954, March - June 1954, no. 696.
Paris, Galerie Creuze, La Peinture Britannique Contemporaine, October 1957.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Retrospective Exhibition, June - July 1959, no. 31.
Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, Northern Artists, July - August 1960, no. 42: this exhibition travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, August - September; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, September - October; Bolton, City Art Gallery, October; Bradford, City Art Gallery, November; and Carlisle, Public Library and Art Gallery, December.
Sheffield, Graves City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, September - October 1962, no. 28.
Sunderland, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry RA Retrospective Exhibition, August - September 1966, no. 33: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, September - October 1966; Bristol, City Art Gallery, October - November 1966; and London, Tate Gallery, November 1966 - January 1967.
Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, British Painting 1925-50, 1951, no. 40.
Bradford, Cartwright Memorial Hall, Golden Jubilee Exhibition: Fifty years of British Art 1904-1954, March - June 1954, no. 696.
Paris, Galerie Creuze, La Peinture Britannique Contemporaine, October 1957.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Retrospective Exhibition, June - July 1959, no. 31.
Manchester, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, Northern Artists, July - August 1960, no. 42: this exhibition travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, August - September; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, September - October; Bolton, City Art Gallery, October; Bradford, City Art Gallery, November; and Carlisle, Public Library and Art Gallery, December.
Sheffield, Graves City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, September - October 1962, no. 28.
Sunderland, Arts Council of Great Britain, City Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry RA Retrospective Exhibition, August - September 1966, no. 33: this exhibition travelled to Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, September - October 1966; Bristol, City Art Gallery, October - November 1966; and London, Tate Gallery, November 1966 - January 1967.
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