Francis Terrace
Francis Terrace
Signed Print
L S Lowry
£3,600-£5,500
$7,500-$11,500 Value Indicator
$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator
¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator
€4,250-€6,500 Value Indicator
$35,000-$60,000 Value Indicator
¥690,000-¥1,050,000 Value Indicator
$4,800-$7,500 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 75
Year: 1969
Size: H 48cm x W 62cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2021 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| May 2019 | Bonhams Knightsbridge | United Kingdom | |||
| December 2014 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| April 2006 | Bonhams Leeds | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2005 | Bonhams Leeds | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
Francis Terrace is a lithograph print from 1969 by L. S. Lowry that shows a sketch of a street close with terraced houses on either side and a smokestack in the background. This is a typical scene of working class life, with children playing with one another on the brick road between the houses and their parents watching over them from their front doors.
Speaking of why he was drawn to depicting scenes, Lowry wrote to a friend, “To my loss, country lanes have been foreign to me, for quite a while past, for alas my recreation seems to have developed into drifting amongst all the back streets etc I can come across.”
Lowry was interested in the people whose lives he was trying to capture, and created over 8,000 drawings like this one, recording the everyday nuances that he saw around him. Working as a rent collector during the day, and an artist at night, Lowry had a unique perspective into the lives of working class people in the North East of England. He was not working class himself but came across poverty everyday as he collected rent from those who could not afford it, hence why he was drawn to capturing this subject matter.
