The Cart
The Cart
Signed Print
L S Lowry
£3,600-£5,500
$7,000-$11,000 Value Indicator
$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator
¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator
€4,350-€6,500 Value Indicator
$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator
¥710,000-¥1,090,000 Value Indicator
$4,500-$7,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 850
Size: H 50cm x W 40cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| June 2024 | Woolley & Wallis | United Kingdom | |||
| February 2024 | Cheffins | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2023 | McTear's | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2023 | Ewbank's | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2023 | Chiswick Auctions | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2023 | Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
The Cart is one of Lowry’s occasional completely simplistic, minimal pieces. The vastness and space of the road and two figures against a neutral sky is an arresting scene. It was inspired by a view of a road in Denbigh. Although different from his bustling Manchester cityscapes, Lowry’s departure from industrialism isn’t a true departure. His first works were landscapes - often mistakenly labelled as a self-taught artist, Lowry in fact studied underAdolphe Valette, who was a French Impressionist. ‘I cannot overestimate his effect on me,’ Lowry later said. Lowry could never be defined as an Impressionist per se, but the tradition of classical landscape often reappears in some of the more serene, peaceful scenes he painted. The landscape depicted in The Cart is a lonely one, like that in many of the rural pictures. Even though there are two men and a horse, each figure is isolated, leaning away from each other and enveloped in the sweeping curves of the road.
