L.S. Lowry's 'Going to the Match' painting expected to sell at auction for up to $4 million
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British artist L.S. Lowry's "Going to the Match" painting is expected to sell at auction for up to $4 million in June, Sotheby's auction house said on Friday.
"'Going to the Match' is among the earliest known, if not the earliest, depiction of one of L.S. Lowry's most iconic and timeless subjects -- that of spectators thronging to a sporting occasion," said Sotheby's in a statement. Lowry is renowned for his images of crowds at football matches, using his celebrated style of "matchstick" people against a monochrome palette backdrop to illustrate northern England's cold and grey.The US began pulling military equipment and additional personnel out of Niger on Friday after waiting months for the ruling military junta to approve US military flights into the country, two sources familiar with the matter said Saturday, ahead of a September 15 withdrawal deadline agreed to by the two countries.
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