Sale 6907
London
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4 June 2004
Price realised
GBP 23,900
Estimate
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A (1887-1976) Brewery Train, High Street, Burton signed and dated 'L S Lowry Xmas 1960' (lower left) pencil 9¼ x 14 in. (23.5 x 35.5 cm.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to the present owner.
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Literature
M. Levy, The Drawings of L.S. Lowry Public and Private, London, 1976, pl. 190.
Exhibited
Salford, Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry Centenary Exhibition, October - November 1987, no. 220.
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