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A painting of a Caithness town by LS Lowry is expected to sell for up to £800,000 at an auction in London later this year.
Think of LS Lowry and you'll probably think of grimy urban scenes in the North of England featuring mills populated by his signature matchstick men and women. But now it might be time to think again.
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LS Lowry’s (1887-1976) painting of a back-street cricket match in Salford from 1938 is among the stand-out lots offered at Sotheby’s this summer. Ahead of the sale, it was unveiled today at The Lowry in Salford – a public gallery not far from the Old Trafford Cricket Ground – where it will remain on view until May 27.
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Think of LS Lowry and you'll probably think of grimy urban scenes in the North of England featuring mills populated by his signature matchstick men and women. But now it might be time to think again.
L’episodio della serie “Art Investigation” ripercorre la storia dell’artista britannico, fra indizi e colpi di scena.
A paingint of a fairground by LS Lowry that not even the experts knew existed is set to make up to £1 million at auction. The work, dating from the Thirties when Lowry honed his distinctive matchstick-men style, has been in the same family for nearly 60 years and has never been detailed in a catalogue or exhibited until the owners presented it for sale
Think of LS Lowry and you'll probably think of grimy urban scenes in the North of England featuring mills populated by his signature matchstick men and women. But now it might be time to think again.
The Coal Barge 1938 Oil on Canvas 43 x 53 cm The L.S. Lowry Collection
Three works by LS Lowry are to be shown together at York Art Gallery for the first time since they were commissioned more than half a century ago.
The A4-sized oil artwork, which is one of only a handful of colourful creations produced by L.S. Lowry, had spent 20 years hanging on the sitting room wall at its former owner's Liverpool house.
