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Pit Tragedy

L S Lowry, 1919

Lowry deliberately devised his Chaplinesque figures as a conceptual image of Man and the underlying theme of his work is loneliness and Man's isolation. Here, powerfully, but without compassion, he depicts the human emotion surrounding a pit tragedy.

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Title of artwork, date

Pit Tragedy, 1919

Date supported

1993

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

40 x 51 cm

Grant

8750

Total cost

35000

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