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Headline: Rare L.S. Lowry Painting Valued Over £2 Million Goes On Show For First Time Since 1966

Caption: Rare L.S Lowry rugby painting 'Going To The Match' is going on public display for the first time in more than 50 years at Sotheby's London. 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 and has only ever been exhibited once before - in 1966, said Sotheby's.

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