Live Auction 532520th Century British & Irish Art Day Sale
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Lot 228 Property from the Estate of Sarah Abrahams Page

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

Cowles Fish & Chips, Cleator Moor

Closed24 May 2012

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GBP 145,250

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Cowles Fish & Chips, Cleator Moor
signed and dated 'L.S. Lowry 1948' (lower right)
pencil and coloured crayon on blue paper
10 5/8 x 14½ in. (27 x 36.9 cm.)

The Reverend Geoffrey Bennett; Christie's, London, 23 March 1995, lot 100 [£45,500].

Specialist note

The previous owner of this work, Reverend Geoffrey Bennett had been a close friend of the artist, since they had met in Manchester in 1926. After Bennett moved with his wife Alice to Cumbria, Lowry became a regular visitor to the family home. Cowles Fish & Chips, Cleator Moor depicted a local shop in Cleator Moor and was drawn with the Bennetts' son's pastels during one such visit.