The beautiful game
Country Life UK|September 21, 2022
ILLUSTRATING a highly popular activity that paused for a few days earlier this month out of respect for the death of our late Queen Elizabeth II, L. S. Lowry's Going to the Match, painted in 1953, for an exhibition in honour of the Football Association's 90th anniversary, is set to kick-off a few ripples in the art market when it goes under the hammer next month.
The beautiful game

Offered by charity The Players Foundation, it is arguably the artist's best-known work, which has not been seen at auction since 1999, and Christie's is expecting a new world record. Going to the Match will be exhibited at the King Street, SW1, showroom from October 15 to 19 and will then form the highlight of the Modern British & Irish Art Evening Sale with an estimate of $5 million-$8 million.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة September 21, 2022 من Country Life UK.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.

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