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LS Lowry’s Sunday Afternoon painting to go on public display for first time in 57 years
It will go on display for the first time in 57 years before it goes to auction
LS Lowry’s painting Sunday Afternoon is to go on public display for the first time in 57 years.
The painting, worth more than £4 million will go on display in Christie’s London on March 13th before it goes to auction on March 20th.
Lowry, who was born in Stretford in 1887, painted industrial districts in Greater Manchester and around the North West. He mainly depicted Salford in his works.
Laurence Stephen Lowry’s Sunday Afternoon illustrates a densely populated industrial landscape, which shows what Lowry described as the ‘battle of life’.
Before his death in 1976 at the age of 88, Lowry produced more than 1,000 artworks.
Auctioneers expect the painting to go for between £4 million and £6 million at the Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale on March 20th.
The artwork was previously sold at the Christies in 1967 for a ‘record price’ and was obtained from the collection of Keith Showering, who was a former chief executive of Europe’s biggest drinks business Allied Breweries.
Phillip Harley, senior director at Christie’s, said: “Sunday Afternoon by LS Lowry will return to the public eye at Christie’s for the first time since it was last seen here 57 years ago.
“This important painting has remained in the collection of Sir Keith and Lady Showering since 1967, offering a once-in-a-generation opportunity to acquire a work of this magnitude and scale.
“The composition represents the wonder the artist felt as he recorded his many observations of the evolving society around him.
“We are thrilled to bring Sunday Afternoon back to auction in the Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale. We look forward to welcoming our clients and visitors alike to view the painting when it goes on free display in London on 13 March.”
LS Lowry’s Sunday Afternoon will go on public display at the Christie’s London from March 13th to 20th.
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