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Painting, [A Manufacturing Town] by L. S. Lowry, 1922. Oil on panel; 43.2x53.3cm in wood and gilt frame, 64x74.5x7.5cm.
Science Museum Group Collection
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A Manufacturing Town by L. S. Lowry, 1922. Signed and dated, bottom left. Industrial cityscape, of no place in particular but in the spirit of a northern town such as the artist's native Salford. An early work with a dark background, painted before Lowry was encouraged to lighten the sky. The artist combines elements of factory buildings, mine heads, smoking chimneys, busy street life and civic pride.
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Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1982-531
- Materials:
- gilt, oil paint on panel, wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
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frame: 645 mm x 745 mm x 75 mm,
image: 432 mm x 533 mm
- type:
- oil painting
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- oil painting - visual work
- copyright:
- Lowry, Laurence Stephen
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