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Reference Library - Signed Print by L S Lowry 1972 - MyArtBroker

Reference Library
Signed Print

L S Lowry

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 850

Year: 1972

Size: H 24cm x W 35cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of L S Lowry's signed lithograph print, Reference Library, is estimated to be worth between £1,000 and £1,500. This work has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £1,100, across 2 total sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £1,000 in June 2024 to £1,915 in August 2022. Since its first sale in September 2005, this artwork has been sold 22 times at auction. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 850.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2024Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
March 2024Wilson55 United Kingdom
October 2023Dominic Winter Auctioneers United Kingdom
August 2022Golding, Young & Mawer, The Lincoln Auction Rooms United Kingdom
August 2022Lyon & Turnbull London
August 2022Toovey's United Kingdom
March 2022Wilson55 United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Like many of Lowry’s sketches, this scene is depicted in a highly realistic style, retaining the most important details of the architecture and keeping the buildings and people to the correct scale. Lowry’s prints like these incorporate much closer detail and elements like shadow on the buildings due to the fact that the medium is limited to a monochrome palette.Initially trained under the Impressionist master, Adolphe Valette, Lowry was interested in recording the nuances of everyday life and would sketch during the day to record his observations of the world around him. During his prolific career, the artist produced over 8,000 drawings.

Lowry’s lithographs like Reference Library are produced by hand whereby a plate is etched and inked, and the paper is then pressed onto the plate to produce an original. Due to this printing process, no two prints are exactly the same and are therefore highly sought after objects.

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