An oil painting said to have been painted at Sunderland by the esteemed artist L.S Lowry has fetched more than £1million at auction.
The painting, called The North Sea, which was signed and dated in 1966, is said to be one of the finest examples of Lowry’s large scale sea paintings and was sold for over £1m at Tennants Auctioneers’ Modern and Contemporary Art Sale on Saturday, October 15. The work is thought to have been painted while Lowry stayed at the Seaburn Hotel on the Sunderland coast, a place he frequently visited on holiday.
The painting was last exhibited at London's Lefevre Gallery in 1967, but had remained in private hands in the North West ever since. It was sold at auction for £840,000 earlier this month, but with added buyer's fees, the price of the work went over the £1m mark.
