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L.S. Lowry Limited Edition. "Man Lying on a Wall"
5883 - Limited edition titled "Man Lying on a Wall" by L.S. Lowry. This rare sold out limited edition is from an edition of only 99 published worldwide (edition number 97). It is supplied with a certificate of authenticity which is signed by the "Master Printer" along with insurance replacement valuation for £1500 (this is supplied free of charge) It has been expensively framed in a bespoke hand finished frame and art mount. In mint condition. Lowry said of this painting People refuse to believe me when I tell them I saw a man dressed just like that, doing just that, from the top of a bus in Haslingden. I could not resist doing him as a subject . Lowry remarked to a friend that this would be him when he retired, taking it easy. Through the years Lowry often made a point of recording the quirk on his travels. The artist would use these observations and personalise them often appearing in his paintings through what have been termed displaced self portraits. He said that the people in his pictures were symbols of his mood, "they are myself". In this painting Lowry has even put his own initials on the briefcase. Lowry was affected powerfully by the subjects of his solitary pictures, saying he felt more strongly about these people than I ever did about the industrial scene. "They are real people, sad people. I'm attracted to sadness and there are some very sad things. I feel like them." The painting is dated five years after Lowrys actual retirement aged sixty five, when he was released from forty two years service as rent collector and chief cashier at the Pall Mall property company in Brown Street, Manchester. Evidently, this new found freedom initially instigated some of Lowry s most inspired and iconic works such as Going to the Match and the immense composite, Industrial Landscape , both dated 1953. H: 80cm W: 87cm D: 4cm
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