The Pond
The Pond
Signed Print
L. S. Lowry
£4,350-£6,500Value
Indicator
$8,500-$12,500 Value Indicator
$7,500-$11,000 Value Indicator
¥40,000-¥60,000 Value Indicator
€5,000-€7,500 Value Indicator
$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator
¥810,000-¥1,210,000 Value Indicator
$5,500-$8,500 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Format: Signed Print
Year: 1974
Size: H 43cm x W 55cm
Edition size: 850
Signed: Yes
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The value of L S Lowry's The Pond (signed) is estimated to be worth between £2,750 to £4,100. There have been 9 sales at auction in the last 12 months. During the last five-year period, the hammer price ranges from £1,300 in May 2023 to £5,500 in October 2020. The average annual growth rate of this work is -6%. This lithograph has sold 41 times at auction since its initial sale in March 2005. The edition size of this work is limited to 850.
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Chiswick Auctions - United Kingdom | The Pond - Signed Print | |||
| June 2023 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | The Pond - Signed Print | |||
| May 2023 | Golding, Young & Mawer, The Lincoln Auction Rooms - United Kingdom | The Pond - Signed Print | |||
| April 2023 | Dawsons, Berkshire - United Kingdom | The Pond - Signed Print | |||
| April 2023 | Mellors & Kirk - United Kingdom | The Pond - Signed Print | |||
| March 2023 | Anderson & Garland - United Kingdom | The Pond - Signed Print | |||
| March 2023 | Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers - United Kingdom | The Pond - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
The Pond is a quintessential example of one of Lowry’s urban landscapes. The composition includes many of the typical Lowryan elements such as smoke rising from factories and chimneys, houses with little balconies and a mass of his matchstick figures scurrying across the urban scene and public space. Lowry was interested in mapping the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the changing face of Victorian England, however through highlighting the darker side of this progress in terms of the constant fatigue and psychological pressure that comes with such an acceleration of all aspects of life and work. In fact, the artist himself considered The Pond to be his best industrial landscape. In his own words in a letter written in 1956: “This is a composite picture built up from a blank canvas. I hadn’t the slightest idea of what I was going to put in the canvas when I started the picture, but it eventually came out as you see it. This is the way I like working best”.
