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    21 May 2009

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    Lot 94

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

    Fishing Boats at Lytham

    Price realised

    GBP 18,750

    Estimate

    GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

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    Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
    Fishing Boats at Lytham
    with signature
    wash and pastel
    12½ x 9 in. (31.7 x 22.8 cm.)
    Probably executed circa 1920.

    Provenance

    with Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where purchased by the present owner's father in the mid 1960s.

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    Lot Essay

    Throughout his life, the sea always held a particular fascination for Lowry. His childhood holidays were spent at Lytham St Anne's, a resort on the Lancashire coast at Easter, and at Rhyl in North Wales in the summer. The present work shares the same subject matter as the only painting of her son's that Lowry's mother ever expressed a liking for, which depicts yachts at Lytham.

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