Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
L. S. Lowry, 1887–1976, British
Title:
Sands at Lytham
Date:
1956
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 12 inches (19.7 x 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso, canvas, lower stretcher bar, center, taped to brown framing paper, adhesive label printed in black with typewritten information: "PRITZKER COLLECTION | RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART | P.O. BOX 1838 SARASOTA, FLORIDA 33578 | L.S. LOWRY, SANDS AT LYTHAM #29"; inscribed on frame verso, top edge, paper label, cut down and fixed to frame, typewritten in black: ‘“SANDS AT LYTHAM” | Oil Painting | by | L.S. LOWRY" [A trace of a border is visible on the label which matches the border of the Reid and Lefevre label found on Lowry’s label found on Lowry’s Fylde, a Landscape (B2012.31.12)]
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Regan Pritzker
Copyright Status:
© The Estate of L.S. Lowry. All Rights Reserved, DACS / ARS 2015
Accession Number:
B2012.32.2
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
marine art | boats | sloops (sailing vessels) | beach | ocean | people | leisure
Associated Places:
England | United Kingdom | Lytham Saint Anne's | Lancashire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Ian Collins, Modernism and memory : Rhoda Pritzker and the art of collecting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, pp. 77, 79, 207, fig. 110; p. 207 fig., N6768 .M635 2016 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:63992