L.S. Lowry's 'The Football Match' could fetch a record £4.5 million
A painting by "matchstick men" artist L.S. Lowry, which has not been seen in public for two decades, is being said to set a new world record for his works by fetching up to £4.5 million (about $7,242,650) at Christie's in May. The painting, currently owned by a private collector, shows hundreds of Lowry’s signature “matchstick” figures gathered at a match in Manchester against a backdrop of factories with billowing chimneys. Rachel Hidderley, Christie’s international specialist and director of 20th-century British art, said…
The large-format, panoramic, bird’s-eye composite view of Lowry’s own landscape perfectly captures the spirit and drama of a town gripped by the excitement of the Saturday football match.
Expected to go for between £3.5m and £4.5m at auction, the painting dubbed “The Football Match” has been described by Christie's London as a modern masterpiece. The previous highest price for a Lowry work was £3.8 million for Good Friday, Daisy Nook in 2007.
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