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Rare L.S Lowry rugby painting 'Going To The Match' to go on public display for first time since 1966

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Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the city A rare L.S Lowry rugby painting - 'Going To The Match' - will go on public display for the first time in more than 50 years.

The oil painting depicts a crowd travelling to a match and according to Sotheby's, it last went on show in 1966. The auction house has valued the painting at between £2 million and £3 million ahead of its sale this summer.

The 1928 work shows crowds heading to a rugby league match, and is set against one of Lowry's famous, smokey industrial backdrops.

It's thought to possibly depict fans of Salford, which was Lowry's local team. Many of the fans painted wear red. The painting has been in the same family collection since 1972

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