Details
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
Unemployed
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1937' (lower left), signed again and inscribed "UNEMPLOYED' L.S. LOWRY' (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (52.1 x 42.5 cm.)
Painted in 1937.
Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 2003.
Literature
M. Howard, Lowry: A Visionary Artist, Salford, 2000, pp. 90-92, illustrated.
S. Rohde, The Lowry Lexicon: An A-Z of L.S. Lowry, Salford, 2001, n.p., illustated.
Exhibition catalogue, Lowry, Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery, 2011, pp. 77, 111, no. 62, illustrated.
T.J. Clark and A.M. Wagner, exhibition catalogue, Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, London, Tate Britain, 2013, pp. 90-91, no. 39, illustrated.
Exhibited
Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery, Lowry, November 2011 - February 2012, no. 62.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Details
LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A. (1887-1976)
Unemployed
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1937' (lower left), signed again and inscribed "UNEMPLOYED' L.S. LOWRY' (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (52.1 x 42.5 cm.)
Painted in 1937.
Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in January 2003.
Literature
M. Howard, Lowry: A Visionary Artist, Salford, 2000, pp. 90-92, illustrated.
S. Rohde, The Lowry Lexicon: An A-Z of L.S. Lowry, Salford, 2001, n.p., illustated.
Exhibition catalogue, Lowry, Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery, 2011, pp. 77, 111, no. 62, illustrated.
T.J. Clark and A.M. Wagner, exhibition catalogue, Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, London, Tate Britain, 2013, pp. 90-91, no. 39, illustrated.
Exhibited
Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery, Lowry, November 2011 - February 2012, no. 62.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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