Is this the most expensive takeaway in the world?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukhereIt has a background of terraced streets and passing figures include a man in a bowler hat and a mother with a pram.It is a classic northern scene.Lowry was a friend and mentor of Salford artist, Harold Riley, who has achieved international fame.Riley also celebrated the chip shop - with the painting below of Neil's Friery, a chip shop in Langworthy Road, Salford.
That image was later used on a Christmas card sent by the city's mayor.The sale of the 19 Lowry works is at Christies in London from Monday, June 15th to July 2nd.Hischip shop painting, dating from 1949, is one of three works to lead the sale, each with an estimate of £500,000 to £800,000.The other two are Coming from the Match (1959) and an industrial panorama called The Iron.
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