L.S. Lowry's 'The Football Match' goes for record $9.2 million
A painting by "matchstick men" artist L.S. Lowry, which had been described by Christie’s London as a modern masterpiece, has sold for a record £5.6 million ($9.2 million). The painting titled The Football Match was earlier expected to sell for between £3.5m and £4.5m. The painting 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, had earlier said that this 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. The previous highest price for a Lowry work was £3.8 million for Good Friday, Daisy Nook in 2007.
Via: Christie's
