
India Ross
Associate Specialist



£6,000 - £8,000

Associate Specialist

Senior Specialist
Provenance
The Artist, from whom commissioned by
J. Lyons and Company Ltd., London, from whom acquired by
Sir Guy Lawrence, 24 December 1974
Acquired by the present owner, 2010
Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
London, South London Gallery, The Lyons Restaurant Lithographs, 10-30 June 1977, no. 41
The present lot was commissioned by J. Lyons and Company, a British restaurant chain, food manufacturer and hotel group, founded in 1884. The company launched a pioneering art initiative between the 1940s and 1950s, commissioning original works from leading British artists to decorate their restaurants. This original work was then reproduced as a lithographic print, alongside examples by John Nash, Carel Weight, LS Lowry and John Minton, for display in the chains' teashops and restaurants, known as the Lyons Lithographs.