Rare Lowrys expected to fetch millions at auction

RARE works by the artist LS Lowry are expected to fetch millions of pounds when they go on sale later this month.

- By CASEY COOPER-FISKE

The Modern British And Irish Art Evening Sale at Christie's London will see a number of works from private collections go on auction on October 22.

Works on offer include 1928's Going To The Match, valued between £2m and £3m; Industrial Landscape, finished in 1957 and valued between £250,000 and £350,000; as well as 1947's Bourton-On-The-Water and 1938's A Footbridge, which are both valued at between £400,000 and £600,000.

Nick Orchard, head of modern British and Irish art at Christie's, said: “We are delighted to be offering these paintings by LS Lowry, each coming from distinguished private collections.