Sansend

L.S. Lowry

R.B.A., R.A.



lowry sandsend original painting
Price Realized £193,250 ($307,268)
Estimate £120,000 - £180,000 ($190,800 - $286,200)
The Lord Forte Collection of Works by L.S. Lowry
16 November 2011
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Sandsend near Whitby
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1953' (lower right)
oil on canvas
14 x 22 in. (35.5 x 55.9 cm.)
Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London.
Alan Tillotson; Christie's, London, 18 July 1961, lot 160A, where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
Bolton, Museum and Art Gallery, Art Patrons' Exhibition, September 1967, no. 53.

Sandsend is a small fishing village, near to Whitby in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.
It forms part of the civil parish of Lythe.
It is the birthplace of fishing magnate George Pyman.
Originally two villages, Sandsend and East Row, the united Sandsend has a pub and restaurant.