Laurence Stephen Lowry British, 1887-1976
Provenance
The Lefevre Gallery, London, Paintings of the Midlands by L.S. Lowry, Feb 1939
The Leicester Galleries, 1942
Private Collection, A.J.P. Taylor, Oxford
Sold Christie’s, 03/11/1967, lot 204 (property of Mrs M.M.B. Taylor).
Crane Kalman Gallery, London, sold Mar 1968
Mr F. Austin (information from painting verso). This must be Frank Austin
(O.B.E.; J.P.) who owned Lowry’s Steps at Wick, which was also sold at
Christie’s, 12 Mar 1982, lot 255.
Exhibitions
Salon, Paris, Apr 1932, no. 1578 (illustrated in the catalogue, see left)
The New English Art Club, 83rd Exhibition, Nov–Dec 1932, no. 324
Royal Society of British Artists (R.B.A), Spring Exhibition, 1934, no. 386
City Art Gallery, Huddersfield, Autumn Exhibition, 1934, no. 148
The Lefevre Gallery, London, L.S. Lowry, Feb 1939, no. 1
The Royal Academy, London, 1939, no. 75