L.S. Lowry pencil drawing sells for £13,000 at Shrewsbury fine art auction
A pencil drawing by famous Lancashire artist Laurence Stephen Lowry sold for £13,000 at a successful auction in Shrewsbury yesterday.
The small drawing, titled ‘Tanker entering the Tyne’, went under the hammer at leading Shropshire fine art auction house Halls’ £300,000 two day auction of paintings, silver, jewellery, watches and coins.
The buyer was a Shropshire art collector who held off strong competition to secure the work, which featured in an exhibition titled ‘L.S. Lowry in the North East’ in 1989 at the Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery.
“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. “I am delighted with the price, which exceeded my expectations,”
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.
A limited edition signed self-portrait print of Lowry and others of his mother and father also sold well in the auction, realising £750.
