St Luke’s Church
St Luke’s Church
Signed Print
L. S. Lowry
£1,650-£2,450
$3,100-$4,600 Value Indicator
$2,800-$4,200 Value Indicator
¥14,500-¥21,000 Value Indicator
€1,850-€2,800 Value Indicator
$16,000-$24,000 Value Indicator
¥280,000-¥420,000 Value Indicator
$2,050-$3,050 Value Indicator
AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 850
Year: 1973
Size: H 62cm x W 46cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Wilson55 - United Kingdom | St Luke’s Church - Signed Print | |||
| December 2023 | Wilson55 - United Kingdom | St Luke’s Church - Signed Print | |||
| December 2023 | Bonhams Knightsbridge - United Kingdom | St Luke’s Church - Signed Print | |||
| October 2023 | Thomson Roddick Edinburgh - United Kingdom | St Luke’s Church - Signed Print | |||
| September 2023 | Wilson55 - United Kingdom | St Luke’s Church - Signed Print | |||
| August 2023 | Capitolium Art - Italy | St Luke’s Church - Signed Print | |||
| April 2023 | Sworders - 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.
