Going to the Match | |
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Artist | L. S. Lowry |
Year | 1953 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Naïve art |
Dimensions | 71 cm × 91.5 cm (28 in × 36.0 in) |
Location | The Lowry, Salford |
Accession | LOL084 |
Going to the Match is the title of a number of paintings by British painter L. S. Lowry, depicting crowds of spectators walking towards a sports ground. Lowry's best known Going to the Match painting is his 1953 painting of football fans heading towards Burnden Park, the then home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club.[1] Two earlier works of this title also exist; a 1928 painting depicting fans outside a rugby ground, and a 1946 painting of a crowd of sports fans.
In 2021 the 1928 painting was valued at between £2 and £3 million and is now in a private collection. Lowry's 1953 Going to the Match was on loan to The Lowry arts centre in Salford between 2012 and 2022, and was sold at auction for £7.8 million in 2022.