£1,000 - £1,500
L.S. Lowry Limited Edition titled "Waiting for the Shops to Open".
8900 - Limited edition L.S. Lowry titled "Waiting for the shops to open". This is one from a very small worldwide edition of only 85. Supplied complete with a certificate of authenticity, signed by the "Master Printer" and a replacement valuation of £1600, both free of charge. Superbly professionally framed and mounted. Superb condition. Lowry produced this painting as an everyday street scene in-front of a greengrocers, fish and fruit shop in wartime Britain in 1943. A line of customers wait patiently for the shop to open. In the background there is an abstract industrial scene representing houses and factories with smoking chimneys. During this time of shortages, scenes of waiting in queues were common. Interestingly, the shop number is the same as Lowry's house and this represents one of Lowry's gestures of light humour. H: 85cm W: 108cm D: 4cm
