LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.99 in. (71.10 cm.) (height) by 35.98 in. (91.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'L S Lowry 1949' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Paintings, October - December 1950, no. 209, as 'Football Match - Industrial Town'. London, Lefevre Gallery, The School of Paris, June - August 1951, not numbered. Cambridge, Magdalen Street Gallery, L.S. Lowry, April - May 1967, no. 6.

Provenance:

with Lefevre Gallery, London, 1950. Acquired by the late Lord Walston from the above on 10th November 1951, for £250. Property from the Collection of the late Right Honourable the Lord Walston, C.V.O.; Sotheby's, London, 13 May 1992, lot 65. Acquired by private treaty sale by the present owner in 2000.