Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976) A Country Road signed with initials and dated 'L S L/3rd April 1961' (verso) pencil 20 x 25.4 cm. (7 7/8 x 10 in.) Fußnoten Provenance Professor H.B. Maitland, thence by descent to Mrs. M. Dickie Sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 March 1977, lot 108, where acquired by Private Collection, U.K. Their sale; Bonhams, London, 18 November 2005, lot 26, where acquired by the present owner Private Collection, U.K. Canadian-born Hugh Maitland and L.S. Lowry shared a friendship which lasted more than 30 years. Maitland was a Professor of bacteriology at Manchester University and Lowry would often visit him on Sundays. Maitland recorded some of their many conversations, the tapes of which are held in the archives at The Lowry, Salford and also informed Shelley Rohde in the writing of her biography on the Artist.
Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976) A Country Road signed with initials and dated 'L S L/3rd April 1961' (verso) pencil 20 x 25.4 cm. (7 7/8 x 10 in.) Fußnoten Provenance Professor H.B. Maitland, thence by descent to Mrs. M. Dickie Sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 March 1977, lot 108, where acquired by Private Collection, U.K. Their sale; Bonhams, London, 18 November 2005, lot 26, where acquired by the present owner Private Collection, U.K. Canadian-born Hugh Maitland and L.S. Lowry shared a friendship which lasted more than 30 years. Maitland was a Professor of bacteriology at Manchester University and Lowry would often visit him on Sundays. Maitland recorded some of their many conversations, the tapes of which are held in the archives at The Lowry, Salford and also informed Shelley Rohde in the writing of her biography on the Artist.
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