Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)

Name: Barges at Clifton Footbridge
Brand: Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Price: 19000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 23,750

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GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

Closed: 13 Dec 2016

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Barges at Clifton Footbridge

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)

Price Realised GBP 23,750

Closed: 13 Dec 2016

Price Realised GBP 23,750

Closed: 13 Dec 2016

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Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Barges at Clifton Footbridge
signed and indistinctly dated 'L S Lowry' (lower right)
pencil, pastel, gouache and wash on paper laid on board
7¾ x 10½ in. (19.7 x 26.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1919.

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Lot Essay

In September 1945 Lowry made his very first visit to the Norfolk family home of his friend and fellow artist David Carr, where the two bonded in sharing techniques and exchanging opinions of their works. After the visit Lowry sent Carr a selection of pastels and drawings that he had made nearly thirty years earlier, inviting his friend to comment. These works, Lowry wrote, 'show in the rawest state my first attempts at depicting the industrial scene' (S. Rohde, , London, 1987, p. 212).

This view of a canal with barges and a footbridge, which comes from the collection of the Carr family, indeed relates embryonically to a theme that Lowry developed both in drawings (, 1920, Manchester City Art Gallery) and in paintings (, 1941, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum). It is associated with his move in 1909 to Pendlebury, a village near Salford, which offered numerous industrial landscapes including its canal and bridge, as depicted in , 1919, sold at Christie's, London, on 11 July 2013 for £25,000.