Tuesday 9 July 2013

1970 - The Only One on the Coast, Skerries

The Only One on the Coast, Skerries 1970
Black Felt Pen
30 x 42 cm
Sold [July 2004] for £13,512 including premium
Initialled, Inscribed and Dated 1970
Signed and Dated verso

Presumably this was drawn on Lowry's last visit to Ireland with Pat and Brian Cooke in 1970. Ireland and the Irish people were very dear to Lowry, and he visited Ireland on several occasions in the 1960's. Ireland does not feature frequently in his work. It is, perhaps, typical of Lowry that given the scenery, villages and coastline of Co. Dublin, he has chosen to sketch a public convenience.

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