St Luke's Church
St Luke's Church
Signed Print
L. S. Lowry
£2,300-£3,450Value
Indicator
$4,400-$6,500 Value Indicator
$3,900-$6,000 Value Indicator
¥21,000-¥30,000 Value Indicator
€2,700-€4,000 Value Indicator
$23,000-$35,000 Value Indicator
¥420,000-¥630,000 Value Indicator
$2,900-$4,350 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Format: Signed Print
Year: 1973
Size: H 76cm x W 59cm
Edition size: 850
Signed: Yes
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Sworders - United Kingdom | St Luke's Church - Signed Print | |||
| March 2023 | Ewbank's - United Kingdom | St Luke's Church - Signed Print | |||
| March 2023 | Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers - United Kingdom | St Luke's Church - Signed Print | |||
| June 2022 | Wilson55 - United Kingdom | St Luke's Church - Signed Print | |||
| May 2022 | Cheffins - United Kingdom | St Luke's Church - Signed Print | |||
| February 2022 | Tennants Auctioneers - United Kingdom | St Luke's Church - Signed Print | |||
| February 2022 | Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers - United Kingdom | St Luke's Church - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
The inclusion of ‘London’ in the title of this print is peculiar - while all Lowry’s other churches are in Manchester and the surrounding area, London was far from home for the artist. He claimed he went to London once a month for 50 years, but very little of his artistic work depicts the landscape there. This church was an exception, and in an interview with Edwin Mullens in 1966 he let on what attracted him to it. “I’d been told it had the ugliest spire in the world. So naturally I had to go and look at it.” It is an odd and perhaps telling fact that one of Britain’s best loved artists was a confirmed miserabilist ‘I only deal with poverty; always with gloom. You'll never see a joyous picture of mine.’ Few British artists are as popular and loved as Lowry, which is a testament to the fact that his work seems to transcend the gloom he was attracted to both North and South.
