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View Of A Town - Signed Print by L S Lowry 1973 - MyArtBroker

View Of A Town
Signed Print

L S Lowry

£1,500-£2,250Value Indicator

$2,950-$4,400 Value Indicator

$2,650-$4,000 Value Indicator

¥13,500-¥20,000 Value Indicator

1,750-2,650 Value Indicator

$14,500-$22,000 Value Indicator

¥290,000-¥430,000 Value Indicator

$1,850-$2,750 Value Indicator

-9% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 850

Year: 1973

Size: H 43cm x W 55cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of L S Lowry's View Of A Town (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,500 and £2,250. This lithograph print, created in 1973, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This work has an auction history of 72 total sales since its entry to the market in March 2005. Over the past 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £1,210 in August 2024 to £4,000 in April 2023, with a total of 12 sales. The five-year auction history demonstrates the average return to the seller is £2,075, with a decrease in value of 6% per year. 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
August 2024Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh United Kingdom
July 2024Ewbank's United Kingdom
June 2024Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
June 2024Gorringes United Kingdom
January 2024Fieldings Auctioneers United Kingdom
December 2023Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
April 2023Mellors & Kirk United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

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.”

As the composition stretches further back, the industrial buildings seem to be piled on top of one another, as the scene moves down the hill of the town. Black smoke from the mills merge into the sky and clouds, and there seems to be no distinction between the natural and the industrial. There is an unclean, smoke-filled atmosphere to this scene due to Lowry’s use of colour and the figures appear to be naturalised within the industrial environment.

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