L.S. Lowry drawing to be sold at Shrewsbury fine art auction
A pencil drawing by famous Lancashire artist Laurence Stephen Lowry will be going up for auction in Shrewsbury next week.
The small drawing, titled ‘Tanker entering the Tyne’, has been consigned to leading Shropshire fine art auction house Halls’ auction of paintings, silver, jewellery, watches and coins on November 25 and 26 is expected to sell for around £5,000.
“I believe it was drawn in the 1960s, which is when it has been documented that Lowry was producing a number of works depicting shipping in the Tyne,” said James Forster, Halls’ picture specialist.
“It has excellent museum provenance, having featured in an exhibition titled ‘L.S. Lowry in the North East’ in 1989 at the Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery.”
Lowry (1887-1976) is famous for painting scenes of industrial North England in the mid-20th century with his distinctive stylised human figures often referred to as ‘matchstick men’.
Many of his drawings and paintings depict Pendlebury in Lancashire, where he lived and worked for more than 40 years and also Salford and surrounding areas.
Also set to go under the auctioneer’s hammer is a limited edition signed self-portrait print of Lowry and others of his mother and father, which are expected to fetch around £180.
