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Hidden Lowry masterpiece expected to fetch £1m

23/08/2007

A fairground painting by Salford's most famous painter has been unearthed after fifty years and is set to be auctioned at Sotheby's in December.

A representation of the work, which was painted by L S Lowry in 1938, has never been published and is barely known outside of the art world.

Known as The Fairground, the painting of a fair in Beswick, east Manchester has been hidden in a private collection for 57 year and is worth around £1 million.

James Rawlin, head of 20th-century British art at Sotheby’s, told the Times: "A Fairground is a superb example of Lowry at his very best and the work has all of the crucial attributes of quality, fine condition and an impeccable, unbroken provenance.

"The 1930s was a decade when Lowry honed his style into that which has made him one of Britain’s most collected artists."

In June, a bidder paid £3.7 million for Lowry's Good Friday, Daisy Nook, making it the most expensive Lowry painting ever sold.


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