Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976) Crowded street scene signed and dated 'L.S.Lowry 1933' (lower left) pencil 16.2 x 22.3 cm. (6 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.) Fußnoten Provenance The Artist, by whom gifted to the present owner, 6 January 1950 Private Collection, U.K. Please note this lot is accompanied by a letter from the Artist to the present owner. Crowded street scene was gifted by Lowry to the present owner in 1950. Her father, John M. Holmes, was principal of the Manchester Municipal School of Art (now the Manchester School of Art) between 1939 and 1953. Holmes ran a 'Friday Club' for the school, inviting artists to come and speak to students. He asked Lowry on several occasions and, although due to his commitments to the Pall Mall Property Company the artist never accepted the invitation, Holmes and Lowry became friends. Lowry would often come to tea at the Holmes' household and he once accompanied the family on an outing to watch a pantomime. It was on this occasion that Lowry offered to sign an autograph book for Holmes' daughter. However, the book was too small for Lowry to sketch in and instead he decided that he would send her a drawing. She received the present work in the post shortly after along with a letter, which accompanies the lot and reads: Dear Miss Holmes, Here is the pencil sketch I promised you – I do hope you will like it. I apologise for the rough mount. So you must please forgive me for that. It was the best I could do myself. I wanted you to see it before you went back to London. I still think that Pantomime Dame is one of the best I have ever seen and I enjoyed the day and the show very much indeed and you were all very kind to me. + I thank you all for it with my very best wishes to you all. Yours very sincerely L.S. Lowry. Lowry's benevolence is well documented, he often gave works to friends and acquaintances but his generosity on this occasion is exemplary. By 1950 Lowry was a successful artist, exhibiting his work regularly at the Lefevre Gallery in London. He was to be the subject of a monograph by Maurice Collis published the following year and had already been awarded a one-man exhibition at the Manchester City Gallery. Lowry's work was highly sought after and his drawings from the 1930s especially, display his draughtsmanship at its very best.
Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976) Crowded street scene signed and dated 'L.S.Lowry 1933' (lower left) pencil 16.2 x 22.3 cm. (6 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.) Fußnoten Provenance The Artist, by whom gifted to the present owner, 6 January 1950 Private Collection, U.K. Please note this lot is accompanied by a letter from the Artist to the present owner. Crowded street scene was gifted by Lowry to the present owner in 1950. Her father, John M. Holmes, was principal of the Manchester Municipal School of Art (now the Manchester School of Art) between 1939 and 1953. Holmes ran a 'Friday Club' for the school, inviting artists to come and speak to students. He asked Lowry on several occasions and, although due to his commitments to the Pall Mall Property Company the artist never accepted the invitation, Holmes and Lowry became friends. Lowry would often come to tea at the Holmes' household and he once accompanied the family on an outing to watch a pantomime. It was on this occasion that Lowry offered to sign an autograph book for Holmes' daughter. However, the book was too small for Lowry to sketch in and instead he decided that he would send her a drawing. She received the present work in the post shortly after along with a letter, which accompanies the lot and reads: Dear Miss Holmes, Here is the pencil sketch I promised you – I do hope you will like it. I apologise for the rough mount. So you must please forgive me for that. It was the best I could do myself. I wanted you to see it before you went back to London. I still think that Pantomime Dame is one of the best I have ever seen and I enjoyed the day and the show very much indeed and you were all very kind to me. + I thank you all for it with my very best wishes to you all. Yours very sincerely L.S. Lowry. Lowry's benevolence is well documented, he often gave works to friends and acquaintances but his generosity on this occasion is exemplary. By 1950 Lowry was a successful artist, exhibiting his work regularly at the Lefevre Gallery in London. He was to be the subject of a monograph by Maurice Collis published the following year and had already been awarded a one-man exhibition at the Manchester City Gallery. Lowry's work was highly sought after and his drawings from the 1930s especially, display his draughtsmanship at its very best.
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