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The River Wear at Sunderland

Artist: L S Lowry (1887-1976)

Location: Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Date: 1961

Materials: oil on plywood

Dimensions: 52 x 61 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £250 (Total: £585)

Vendor: Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd

Review number: 2115 (1963)

Description:
View of river with buildings, factory chimneys in distance; dock-side sheds and walking figures in foreground. Lowry had called it Docks and Canal, Sunderland. No other Royal Academician had painted Sunderland.

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