• Modern British and Irish Art D auction at Christies

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    Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale

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    26 November 2015

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    • Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (
    Lot 116

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

    Street with houses and three figures

    Price realised

    GBP 10,625

    Estimate

    GBP 6,000 - GBP 8,000

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    Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
    Street with houses and three figures
    signed and dated 'L.S. Lowry 1959' (lower right)
    pencil
    10 x 11 ¼ in. (25.2 x 28.3 cm.)

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Salford, Museum and Art Gallery, on long term loan from the estate until 2000.
    Salford, The Lowry, Lowry's People, April - September 2000, not numbered, as 'Street Scene with Three Ghost Figures'.
    Salford, The Lowry, on long term loan to the estate, 2000-2015.


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    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.


    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF L.S. LOWRY

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