The Mission Room (1937)

L. S. (Lawrence Stephen) Lowry

oil on board

Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Board

Physical Object Description:

People waiting on the streets in front of mission room on a blea, grey winter day. Label: BRITISH COUNCIL - FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT / NAME - OWNER THE ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA ART GALLERY / ADDRESS / WORK / TITLE The Mission Room / ARTIST L S Lowry / EXHIBITION / International Exhibition of art - Cairo. On the reverse is a painted draft version, circa 1922 of A Town Square, 1928 (whereabouts unknown) and Our Town, 1941 (Touchstones, Rochdale).

Dimensions:

36.8 x 50.8 cm

Accession Number:

LEAMG : A249.1940

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1940

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Lefevre Gallery by Ernest Marsh (1863-1945) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1940; presented to Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, 1940

Relationship:

Ernest Marsh Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd (The Lefevre Gallery), London Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Subject:

Townscape, Social

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