15th Oct, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA, RA (1887-1976)
"A Pond" c.1956
Signed, inscribed verso, pencil, 24.5cm by 34cm
Provenance: With Lefevre Gallery London, stock no. X7928
Literature: The Drawings of L.S. Lowry, Public and Private, with an introduction and notes by Mervyn Levy, Jupiter Books, 1976, No. 173 titled "Pond Near The Mill"
Property of a Lady, North West UK
Sold for £14,000
Estimated at £15,000 - £25,000
The paper has been taken from a sketchbook. The left hand side edge has the jagged paper from the ring binding (see images). The work is stuck onto the back board. Very slight time staining to the paper. Some light surface dirt and debris trapped under the glass. The odd tiny sporadic brown mark/debris, two to the left of the little line to the left of the pond, one above the left mound right hand side, one upper right and a few sporadic very small scattered ones throughout the sky. Paper variance/ scuff right of centre of the sky to the left of the two chimneys approximately 3cm in length. Slight scratch within the dark grey lower right corner and a small scratch through the lower left corner through the middle of the signature. Diagonal pencil line down through the factory to the left of the signature (by design). Brown mark to the outer edge of the lower left corner. See additional images.
Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 15th Oct, 2022
The sale includes the residual pictures from the collection of a Lady, of which the tour de force is the highly important impressionistic rendition of “The North Sea” by Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976). Other key works from the estate include two further drawings by L S Lowry “The Pond” and “Man Taken Ill”, each representing diverse periods of the artist’s oeuvre.
Further works of note include a Henry Moore bronze, "Maquette for Warrior with Shield" (1952-53), a collection of works from the family of the artist Paul Maze (1887-1979), a good selection of works by Northern artists such as Norman Cornish, Tom McGuinness, Brian Shields “Braaq”, Joe Scarborough, Peter Brook, and celebrated Modern British artists such as Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe and Montague Dawson.
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Thursday 13 October 10am-4pm, Friday 14 October 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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