Overview

• Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale will feature multiple Lowry works from private collections expected to realize millions.
• Pre-sale estimates include Going To The Match (1928) at £2 million to £3 million, Industrial Landscape (1957) at £250,000 to £350,000, and both Bourton-On-The-Water (1947) and A Footbridge (1938) at £400,000 to £600,000.
• Going To The Match (1928) is described as Lowry’s earliest sporting painting and one of only two rugby subjects he created.
• A 1953 painting of the same title set Lowry’s auction record at Christie’s in 2022 at nearly £8 million, when it was acquired by The Lowry museum in Salford.
• A Footbridge is noted as rare because Lowry produced fewer works in the 1930s while caring for his mother after his father’s death, and Christie’s says the group showcases key themes and uncommon subjects.