GROVE FINE ART

It is with deep regret that we announce the death of our director, Ivan Aird, following a period of illness... Grove Fine Art has an unrivalled specialist knowledge in L. S. Lowry originals, based upon a long standing family relationship with the Salford artist. This puts Grove Fine Art in a unique position in the art world as our company directors have personal knowledge of Lowry's working methods, source material and background, dating back over 40 years... I was Mr Lowry's agent, and another client of mine said that a sculptor called Sam Tonkiss, who was relatively well known at the time, would like to make a bust of him. So I asked Mr Lowry if he would sit for it, and he said yes. Mr Tonkiss [right] made the bust in clay over a number of sittings, then sent it off to a factory in Birmingham to be cast in bronze. This photograph was taken at my house in Manchester when Mr Tonkiss showed Mr Lowry the finished bust for the first time. Mr Lowry was very pleased with it, and said so,..

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