Yachts at Lytham
1962
Laurence Stephen Lowry's 'Yachts at Lytham' is an oil on canvas painting created in 1962. The work depicts sailboats in a coastal setting, characteristic of Lowry's interest in leisure activities and landscapes. The composition captures the nautical scene with his distinctive artistic perspective.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern British Day Auction
June 30, 2022
Estimate: $200,000 to $300,000
Lot 244
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Artists in conversation
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
British · b. 1889
Nevinson shared Lowry's interest in modern British scenes rendered with a flattened, somewhat austere style, and his coastal and urban compositions carry a similar detached yet observational quality that mirrors the mood of Yachts at Lytham.
Charles Ginner
British · b. 1878
Ginner was a Camden Town Group painter who depicted everyday British leisure and coastal scenes in oil with a structured, almost graphic approach to composition and a muted but distinctly tonal palette comparable to Lowry's nautical work.
Eric Ravilious
British · b. 1903
Ravilious captured the quiet charm of British coastal and leisure scenes with a cool, understated palette and an eye for simple geometric forms in boats and waterscapes that closely echoes the serene nautical atmosphere of Yachts at Lytham.
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