Two Anglers
Price Realized
£505,250 ($796,274)
Estimate
£200,000 - £300,000 ($318,000 - $477,000)
The Lord Forte Collection of Works by L.S. Lowry
16 November 2011
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Two Anglers
signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1963' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)
Provenance
with Lefevre Gallery, London.
Dr L.D. Osler of Boston, Massachusetts; Sotheby's, London, 7 April 1971, lot 100, where purchased by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Lefevre Gallery, Recent Paintings by L.S. Lowry, June - July 1964, no. 16.
The old estimate and sale price from 2011 gives a good indication of how much the prices of Lowry's work has increased over the years.
An approximate estimate these days would be double.