LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
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LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)

Footbridge at Droylsden

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LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
Footbridge at Droylsden
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY. 1955' (lower right)
pencil on paper
13 ½ x 9 ½ in. (34.3 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1955.
來源
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 28 March 1996, lot 174.
with Richard Green, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 December 2001, lot 41, where purchased by the previous owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 June 2015, lot 200, where purchased by the present owner.
展覽
Salford, The Lowry, on long term loan, 2015 - 2022.

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Pippa Jacomb
Pippa Jacomb Director, Head of Day Sale

拍品專文

The present work depicts Droylsden, a town four miles east of Manchester city centre. The viewer’s eye, along with the figures walking on the left side of the composition, is drawn along the street to the footbridge steps placed strikingly in the centre. A further group of figures stand gathered on the right side of the composition, absorbed in reverie. L.S. Lowry’s choice of perspective leaves us wondering what lies beyond the horizon, out of view. In Footbridge at Droylsden we can identify a number of recurring motifs of Lowry’s work, such as the set of steps at the centre of the composition. Of his fondness for depicting steps, Lowry stated: ‘Steps and things … I liked doing steps, steps in Ancoats … steps in Stockport … steps anywhere you like, simply because I like steps and the area which they were in was an industrial area. I did a lot, you see. I’ve never found it interesting to paint pure landscapes. I’m not interested in pure landscapes. I’ve done a few’ (L.S. Lowry talking to Dr H. Maitland, J. Sandling and M. Leber, Lowry’s City A Painter and his Locale, 2000, p. 60).

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