LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

29.92 in. (76.00 cm.) (height) by 40.16 in. (102.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 1960

Exhibited:

London, Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd, New Paintings by L.S. Lowry, October 1961, cat. no.34, illustrated;; Sunderland, Sunderland Art Gallery, L.S. Lowry R.A. Retrospective Exhibition, August - September 1966, cat. no.88, illustrated, with Arts Council tour to Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol and Tate, London;; Cardiff, National Gallery of Wales, (long-term loan, March 1979 - December 1981);; London, Royal Academy of Arts, L.S. Lowry, 4th September - 14th November 1976, cat. no.255;; Salford, The Lowry, A Lowry Summer, 7 th July – 9 th September 2012, un-numbered exhibition;; London, Tate, Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, 25th June - 20th October 2013, un-numbered exhibition, illustrated, fig.114.

Provenance:

Alex. Reid & Lefevre Ltd, London; Alasdair Roger; Mrs. Richard Beecham; Roy Miles Fine Paintings, London, where purchased by Lord Forte, April 1983; His sale, Christie's London, 16th November 2011, lot 7, where acquired by the late owner