The World's Largest Modern & Contemporary Prints & Editions Platform
Sailing Boats - Signed Print by L S Lowry 1975 - MyArtBroker

Sailing Boats
Signed Print

L S Lowry

£5,000-£9,000Value Indicator

$10,000-$18,000 Value Indicator

$9,000-$16,000 Value Indicator

¥45,000-¥80,000 Value Indicator

6,000-11,000 Value Indicator

$50,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥990,000-¥1,780,000 Value Indicator

$6,500-$11,500 Value Indicator

-3% AAGR

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

There aren't enough data points on this work for a comprehensive result. Please speak to a specialist by making an enquiry.

Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 850

Year: 1975

Size: H 29cm x W 34cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

TradingFloor

13 in network
10 want this
Find out how Buying or Selling works.
Track this artwork in realtime

Watch artwork, manage valuations, track your portfolio and return against your collection

Track auction value trend

The value of L S Lowry's signed lithograph print, Sailing Boats, created in 1975, is estimated to be worth between £5,000 and £9,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This piece has an auction history of 18 total sales since its entry to the market on 16th March 2005. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £3,283, across a total of 6 sales. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,800 in June 2024 to £6,300 in October 2022. The average return to the seller over this period was £3,259. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 850.

Unlock up-to-the-minute market data on L S Lowry's Sailing Boats, login or create a free account today

Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2024Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
July 2024Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
June 2024Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
June 2024Wilson55 United Kingdom
May 2024Bellmans, Sussex United Kingdom
November 2023Anderson & Garland United Kingdom
August 2023Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

”I’ve always been fond of the sea. How wonderful it is, yet also how terrible. I often think... what if it suddenly changed its mind and didn't turn the tide — and came straight on? If it didn't stop and came on and on and on and on... That would be the end of it all.”

This sense of dread is indeed evoked by Sailing Boats - with a more swirling, Turneresque sky than his cityscapes, this simple picture carries more of a threat than some of the artist’s better-known urban works. The sublime power of nature is rawer in Lowry’s seascapes. Although his mills and houses are bleak, they are simpler in their composition with a more manageable presence. The repeated shapes created by the sails dwarf the figure in the foreground and all is enveloped in a swirling sky that merges without the sea, horizonless and imposing. An intriguing side-note to this work is that it is the only painting that Lowry’s mother ever praised.

More from Lakeside, Sea Views and Seascapes