Winter In Broughton
Winter In Broughton
Signed Print
L S Lowry
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 75
Year: 1969
Size: H 48cm x W 61cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2021 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2004 | Bonhams Leeds | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
Winter In Broughton is a lithograph from 1969 by L. S. Lowry showing a playful snow scene with figures walking and playing in front of a block of terraced houses. The landscape is very uneven, and creates a dramatic, dream-like composition with flowing lines. Like many of Lowry’s works, this scene is likely to have been drawn from memory or from the artist’s imagination.
This print is representative of Lowry’s stylised realism in the way that the scene does not show the effects of weather in the sky or landscape and the figures do not cast any shadows. Lowry gives the impression of a winter scene by rendering the trees without leaves, depicting the figures in their winter coats and showing the ground to be covered with deep snow.
Lowry’s lithographs like Winter In Broughton are produced by hand whereby a plate is etched and inked, and the paper is then pressed onto the plate to produce an original. Due to this printing process, no two prints are exactly the same. Editions like these are therefore relatively small, in this case 75, and as a result they are rare and highly sought after items.
Born in 1887, L. S. Lowry was a key figure in 20th century British painting. Known for his distinctive painterly style and 'matchstick men', Lowry aimed to put industry on the map by typically focusing on scenes from his hometown in the North West of England. The naivety of his art drew criticism, yet has stood the test of time with the artist becoming a household name. Lowry has consistently performed in the secondary market, with works such as Going To The Match achieving a value of £2,919,000 in 2021 and the editioned prints remaining highly sought after.
