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exchange of letters, Haward asked for another submission capturing a general view over the site, to which Lowry responded with annoyance, refusing to submit any more work: "Had you told me, when I asked you had you any special view in mind, I would have acted upon it... I am afraid that I cannot spend any more time on this subject."
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Piccadilly Gardens "as it is today with the sunken garden, the loafers, the rains and all the rest of the mess and muddle". Haward gave no other direction to Lowry, and when Lowry submitted his work to the gallery, Haward expressed dissatisfaction with the focus on individual figures. In an
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was presented to the City Art
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was included in several exhibitions of Lowry's work, and was exhibited at the
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The painting is signed in the bottom-right corner "L.S.LOWRY 1954".
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16:1954 painting by L. S. Lowry
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