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Street Scene - Signed Print by L S Lowry 1961 - MyArtBroker

Street Scene
Signed Print

L S Lowry

£1,500-£2,300Value Indicator

$3,100-$4,750 Value Indicator

$2,750-$4,200 Value Indicator

¥14,500-¥22,000 Value Indicator

1,750-2,700 Value Indicator

$15,000-$24,000 Value Indicator

¥290,000-¥440,000 Value Indicator

$2,000-$3,050 Value Indicator

-13% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 850

Year: 1961

Size: H 25cm x W 20cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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L S Lowry's Street Scene (signed), a lithograph print from 1961, is estimated to be worth between £1,500 and £2,300. Over the past 12 months, the artwork has sold 6 times at an average selling price of £1,400. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £1,000 in July 2023 to £5,500 in February 2023. The average annual growth rate of this work is -13%. This is a popular work with an auction history of 48 total sales since its entry to the market in March 2005. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 850.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
March 2025Gorringes United Kingdom
February 2025Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
December 2024Gorringes United Kingdom
March 2024Gorringes United Kingdom
December 2023Woolley & Wallis United Kingdom
November 2023Bellmans, Sussex United Kingdom
September 2023Tate Ward Auctions United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Visible in this print is Lowry’s stiff consistency in his choice of paint and the way in which he used it. Lowry painted with Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Colour throughout his entire career and used the paint straight from the tube. Using a very limited colour palette, Lowry said of his choice of materials, “I am a simple man, I use simple materials: ivory black, vermilion, Prussian blue, yellow ochre, flake white and no medium.” In Street Scene it becomes clear that Lowry’s unique painterly style worked to produce modest, yet vividly realistic industrial scenes.

In this print there are no shadows cast from Lowry’s highly stylised figures and along with the artist’s use of white paint for the ground and sky, this gives the impression that there is no sunlight in this scene. The lack of sunlight gives the scene a melancholy tone, as though the smoke from the mills have seeped into the atmosphere, characterised by what art historian John Rothenstein called ‘a kind of gloomy lyricism.’

  • 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.

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