Creator:

L. S. Lowry, 1887–1976, British

Title:
Regatta
Date:
1957
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches (10.8 x 22.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
© The Estate of L.S. Lowry. All Rights Reserved, DACS / ARS 2015
Accession Number:
B2012.1.2
Former gallery labels:
While L. S. Lowry would become famous for his industrial townscapes (one of which is shown nearby), his earliest surviving work, made at the age of fourteen, was a pencil drawing of yachts. This was made at Lytham St. Annes, a town combining Lytham and St. Annes-on-Sea on the Lancashire coast, then a popular resort near Blackpool for residents of the large industrial cities of northwest England. Lowry enjoyed vacations there as a child and remained attached to the region for the rest of his life. These two coastal views are both derived from the coastline on or near Lancashire’s Fylde coast. --- --- Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016