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Man Lying on a Wall

‘People…refuse to believe me when I tell them I saw a man dressed just like that, doing just that, from the top of a bus… It was the umbrella propped against the wall which caught my eye and prompted the picture… The chap was well-dressed and obviously enjoying the smoke and his rest. I couldn’t resist doing him as a subject.’ Lowry has added his own initials on the man’s briefcase.

Lowry insisted that the characters he depicted were all people he had seen, ‘Who are they Sir? They are my friends and neighbours… They are all outside, every one of them – even the dogs!’...

1957
Oil
40.7 x 50.9cm
1959-647

Where you'll find this

The Lowry
Permanent collection