A poignant oil painting by L.S. Lowry, signed and dated 1960, depicting a lone figure in a flat cap and dark coat rummaging through a street dustbin. Set against a pale, textured impasto ground typical of Lowry's urban scenes, the composition strips away all but the essentials — figure, bin, lamppost, cobbled street — to focus attention on the moment of hardship. Subjects like this trace back to Lowry's years as a rent collector in Salford and Pendlebury, where his daily rounds through the streets and back alleys of working-class Lancashire gave him first-hand, sustained exposure to poverty, hardship and the overlooked figures of urban life — material he drew on throughout his career. A compelling example of Lowry's enduring interest in the fringes of working-class city life,