Modern British Prints Market Report 2023

Industrial
Scenes

Doubtless the subject matter for which he is best-known, beloved British artist L.S. Lowry’s Industrial Scenes have come to enjoy a central place in British national imagery. Through them, the artist shaped a collective understanding of Northern working-classes, imbuing them with immense dignity and humanity, in pre and Post-War Britain.

L. S. Lowry prints for sale

Huddersfield - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1974 - MyArtBroker
Huddersfield Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£4,000-£8,000 VALUE (EST.)

$7,500-$15,000 VALUE (EST.)

$6,500-$13,500 VALUE (EST.)

¥35,000-¥70,000 VALUE (EST.)

4,600-9,000 VALUE (EST.)

$40,000-$80,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥690,000-¥1,380,000 VALUE (EST.)

$4,950-$10,000 VALUE (EST.)

21% AAGR (5YR)

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2 for sale
14 in network
22 want this
Going To The Match - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1972 - MyArtBroker
Going To The Match Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£27,000-£40,000 VALUE (EST.)

$50,000-$80,000 VALUE (EST.)

$45,000-$70,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥240,000-¥350,000 VALUE (EST.)

30,000-45,000 VALUE (EST.)

$260,000-$390,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥4,680,000-¥6,940,000 VALUE (EST.)

$35,000-$50,000 VALUE (EST.)

19% AAGR (5YR)

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13 in network
32 want this
Britain At Play - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1976 - MyArtBroker
Britain At Play Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£3,400-£5,000 VALUE (EST.)

$6,500-$9,500 VALUE (EST.)

$5,500-$8,500 VALUE (EST.)

¥30,000-¥45,000 VALUE (EST.)

3,900-6,000 VALUE (EST.)

$35,000-$50,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥590,000-¥870,000 VALUE (EST.)

$4,200-$6,000 VALUE (EST.)

-1% AAGR (5YR)

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10 in network
12 want this
A Northern Town - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1969 - MyArtBroker
A Northern Town Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£4,600-£7,000 VALUE (EST.)

$8,500-$13,000 VALUE (EST.)

$7,500-$12,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥40,000-¥60,000 VALUE (EST.)

5,500-8,000 VALUE (EST.)

$45,000-$70,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥800,000-¥1,210,000 VALUE (EST.)

$5,500-$8,500 VALUE (EST.)

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3 in network
4 want this
An Industrial Town - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1944 - MyArtBroker
An Industrial Town Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£1,100-£1,650 VALUE (EST.)

$2,100-$3,100 VALUE (EST.)

$1,850-$2,750 VALUE (EST.)

¥9,500-¥14,500 VALUE (EST.)

1,250-1,900 VALUE (EST.)

$10,500-$16,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥190,000-¥290,000 VALUE (EST.)

$1,350-$2,050 VALUE (EST.)

6% AAGR (5YR)

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14 in network
4 want this
Station Approach - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1972 - MyArtBroker
Station Approach Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£1,600-£2,400 VALUE (EST.)

$3,000-$4,550 VALUE (EST.)

$2,700-$4,050 VALUE (EST.)

¥14,000-¥21,000 VALUE (EST.)

1,850-2,750 VALUE (EST.)

$15,000-$23,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥280,000-¥420,000 VALUE (EST.)

$2,000-$2,950 VALUE (EST.)

-1% AAGR (5YR)

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8 in network
3 want this
View Of A Town - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1973 - MyArtBroker
View Of A Town Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£2,300-£3,450 VALUE (EST.)

$4,350-$6,500 VALUE (EST.)

$3,850-$6,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥20,000-¥30,000 VALUE (EST.)

2,650-4,000 VALUE (EST.)

$22,000-$35,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥400,000-¥600,000 VALUE (EST.)

$2,850-$4,250 VALUE (EST.)

4% AAGR (5YR)

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8 in network
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The Pond - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1974 - MyArtBroker
The Pond Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£2,850-£4,300 VALUE (EST.)

$5,500-$8,000 VALUE (EST.)

$4,800-$7,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥25,000-¥40,000 VALUE (EST.)

3,300-4,950 VALUE (EST.)

$28,000-$40,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥490,000-¥750,000 VALUE (EST.)

$3,500-$5,500 VALUE (EST.)

5% AAGR (5YR)

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10 in network
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Industrial Panorama - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1972 - MyArtBroker
Industrial Panorama Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£3,000-£4,500 VALUE (EST.)

$5,500-$8,500 VALUE (EST.)

$5,000-$7,500 VALUE (EST.)

¥26,000-¥40,000 VALUE (EST.)

3,450-5,000 VALUE (EST.)

$29,000-$45,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥520,000-¥780,000 VALUE (EST.)

$3,700-$5,500 VALUE (EST.)

10% AAGR (5YR)

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6 in network
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Mill Scene - Signed Print by L. S. Lowry 1972 - MyArtBroker
Mill Scene Signed Print 
L. S. Lowry

£2,800-£4,250 VALUE (EST.)

$5,500-$8,000 VALUE (EST.)

$4,700-$7,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥24,000-¥35,000 VALUE (EST.)

3,250-4,900 VALUE (EST.)

$27,000-$40,000 VALUE (EST.)

¥490,000-¥740,000 VALUE (EST.)

$3,450-$5,500 VALUE (EST.)

64% AAGR (5YR)

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9 in network
2 want this

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Meaning & Analysis

Perhaps the subject matter he is best known for, and for which he is most beloved, Lowry’s Industrial Scenes are among his most recognisable works. S. Lowry’s skilful depictions of industrial scenes have come to enjoy a central place in British national imagery, shaping and defining a collective understanding of pre and PostWar Britain, the North and its working-class community.

Though most of Lowry’s depictions are partially invented and partially locally and geographically specific, the artist’s representations of the “industrial scene”, as he called it, have assumed an historical relevance that cannot be understated. According to art historian T. J. Clark, Lowry’s repetitive and seemingly monotonous depictions work perfectly to represent the “immense social phenomenon” that was the reality and then slow dissolution of Britain’s working-class cities. For the scholar, Lowry’s paintings convey a social realism that universalises the British North to suggest a sense of commonality and shared social experience in relation to industrialism and the modern urban landscape.

Lowry’s fascination with industrial scenes resulted out of his upbringing, having lived most of his childhood in Stretford. To the artist’s admission, however, it was not until 1912 that he began to conceive of the North as a source of beauty, and thus an aesthetic matter. Admittedly, it was Stanely Houghtone’s Hinde Wakes that prompted Lowry to “see beauty in the smoke”, as Chris Water beautifully puts it. He thus embarked on a large project aimed at aestheticising and bringing on canvas the social reality of the North, which he regarded with affection and admiration. As Lowry recounts, "We went to Pendlebury in 1909 from a residential side of Manchester, and we didn't like it. My father wanted to go to get near a friend for business reasons. We lived next door, and at first, I disliked it, and then after about a year or so I got used to it, and then I got absorbed in it, then I got infatuated with it. Then I began to wonder if anyone had ever done it. Seriously, not one or two; and it seemed to me by that time that it was a very fine industrial subject matter. And I couldn't see anybody at that time who had done it – and nobody had done it, it seemed." It was this aestheticising outlook able to beautify the North that has in turn distinguished Lowry as one of the utmost British painters, with scholars of the calibre of John Berger claiming that Lowry was the first painter to dignify the grim coldness and drabness of industrial cities.