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An Industrial Town - Signed Print by L S Lowry 1944 - MyArtBroker

An Industrial Town
Signed Print

L S Lowry

£1,850-£2,800Value Indicator

$3,650-$5,500 Value Indicator

$3,300-$5,000 Value Indicator

¥17,000-¥26,000 Value Indicator

2,250-3,400 Value Indicator

$18,000-$27,000 Value Indicator

¥350,000-¥540,000 Value Indicator

$2,350-$3,550 Value Indicator

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 500

Year: 1944

Size: H 44cm x W 60cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of L S Lowry's An Industrial Town (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,850 and £2,800. This lithograph print, created in 1944, has shown consistent demand, with an average annual growth rate of 7%. Over the past 12 months, the artwork has sold 3 times, with an average selling price of £1,833. In the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £800 in November 2022 to £4,200 in April 2021. This work is popular, having been sold 32 times since its initial sale in March 2005. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 500.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2024Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
May 2024Cheffins United Kingdom
May 2024Bellmans, Sussex United Kingdom
October 2023Gorringes United Kingdom
July 2023Capes Dunn United Kingdom
June 2023Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers United Kingdom
June 2023Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Lowry shows a great variety of people in his landscape, groups of young children, families pushing prams and elderly people in their winter coats, coming together to form a generalised impression of the industrial city. There is a lake depicted at the bottom right hand side of the print, showing people with their rowing boats out indicating that this is a scene of the public in their leisure time. Though not explicitly political, Lowry’s work is distinct in the way it shows images of working class people when they are not at work.

Elements of this print convey a sense of realism, but like many of Lowry’s works, this is a composite image. Lowry’s paintings were fundamentally composed from a variety of repeated motifs, growing increasingly sentimental as his career went on. The artist said, “I hadn’t the slightest idea of what I was going to put in the canvas when I started the picture, but it eventually came out as you see it. This is the way I like working best.”

  • Born in 1887, L. S. Lowry was a key figure in 20th century British painting. Known for his distinctive painterly style and 'matchstick men', Lowry aimed to put industry on the map by typically focusing on scenes from his hometown in the North West of England. The naivety of his art drew criticism, yet has stood the test of time with the artist becoming a household name. Lowry has consistently performed in the secondary market, with works such as Going To The Match achieving a value of £2,919,000 in 2021 and the editioned prints remaining highly sought after.

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