Landscape with Figures

细节

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Landscape with Figures
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1957' (lower right), signed again and inscribed 'Landscape with figures/oil painting/L.S. LOWRY/The Elms, Stalybridge Road/Mottram in Longdendale/Cheshire' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
14¾ x 10¾ in. (37.5 x 27.3 cm.)

来源

P. Warburton.
Mrs. E.M. Taylor.
with Henry Donn, Manchester, where purchased by the present owner's father, 13 February 1979, and by descent.

出版

Exhibition catalogue, L.S. Lowry, London, Royal Academy, 1976, pp. 83-4, no. 231, illustrated.

展览

Bolton, Museum and Art Gallery, on loan.
London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry, September - November 1976, no. 231.

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拍品专文

Lowry's people, even when depicted in large groups or crowds, are often very isolated figures. Each character dominates his or her own space and often has no interraction with any other figure. The present work depicts three individuals and a dog, standing extremely close to one another yet seemingly completely separate. Each is looking in a different direction, as though slightly embarrassed to be seen in such close proximity. By emphasising the differing heights and sizes of the characters Lowry brings to the picture a touch of quirky, dour humour.