Live Auction 784920th Century British & Irish Art
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Lot 78

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

Sailing Boats

Closed27 May 2010

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GBP 157,250

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Sailing Boats
signed and dated 'LS LOWRY 1956' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)

with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by Dr S.H. Foulkes, and by descent.

Specialist note

Michael Howard (Lowry A Visionary Artist, Salford, 2000, p. 227) comments that 'Leisure boats and working ships held an endless fascination for Lowry, both as motifs in their own right and as sources for painterly effects. He regarded the problems of capturing the immensity of the sea and the quality of the light falling on its ever-changing surface as one of the major artistic challenges of his life'.