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A Procession

L S Lowry, 1929

This early work of a crowd watching a trade union procession, with the mills of Manchester in the background, is typical of Lowry's dispassionate observation of human life. The loneliness which prompted Lowry to paint pervades much of his work.

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Title of artwork, date

A Procession, 1929

Date supported

1993

Medium and material

Oil on board

Dimensions

38 x 53 cm

Gifted by

Anthony Carlisle

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