Vente aux enchères en direct 13296Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Lot 175

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

Bandstand

Fermé27 June 2017

Prix réalisé

GBP 52,500

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Bandstand
signed and dated 'L S Lowry 1950' (lower right)
ink
10½ x 14 5/8 in. (26.7 x 37.2 cm.)

Acquired from the artist by Rev. Geoffrey and Alice C. Bennett.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 7 June 1985, lot 237, where purchased by the present owner's grandfather, and by descent.

Note du spécialiste

Lowry and Geoffrey Bennett met in 1926 when Bennett worked as a clerk with Lowry's cousin, Grace Shephard, at the London and County Westminster Bank in Manchester. When Bennett married and moved to Cumbria, Lowry became a regular guest at their house Cleator Moor.