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Mid-Day Studios, Manchester

L S Lowry, 1952

Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
© courtesy of The Estate of L S Lowry, 2007

The artist Ned Owens and his first wife Margo Ingham set up the Mid-Day Studios in 1946 in the basement of a house opposite the City Art Gallery. It was a privately run gallery which exhibited works by local artists. Lowry's first major one person show was held here in 1948. The gallery closed in 1951.

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Title of artwork, date

Mid-Day Studios, Manchester, 1952

Date supported

2005

Medium and material

Oil on board

Dimensions

14 x 25.3 cm

Grant

8500

Total cost

25000

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