Lowry
Lowry masterpiece to remain free for public after sale to The Lowry arts centre
The historic painting, depicting a throng of people gathered at Burnden Park football stadium, sold for a record-breaking £6.6 million on Wednesday.
LS Lowry painting Going To The Match sells at auction for £6.6 million
The artwork depicts people gathered at Burnden Park football stadium, former home of Bolton Wanderers.
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The chief executive of the Lowry gallery said the painting is ‘more of a piece of social history than it is a painting of a football match’.
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The painting will headline Christies Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale on October 19.
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It will be shown in London, New York, Dublin and Edinburgh ahead of its sale.
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The picture An Old Street was painted in 1937.
