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Edition of 300, signed in pencil lower right by Lowry, Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp lower left. This print is reproduced from an original 1953 oil painting of football fans converging on Burnden Park, Bolton Wanderers' old football stadium. Originally titled Football Ground, the painting won first prize in a competition organized by the Football Association, which came as a surprise to Lowry who had no idea that the picture had been entered. In 1999 the painting was bought by the Professional Footballers' Association for £1.9 million, a record price at the time for a Lowry painting, and then subsequently sold by them in 2022 for another record breaking price of £7.8 million. Colour offset lithograph on heavy wove paper. Image size: 52.8 x 68.0 cm. Sheet size: 64.3 x 78.5 cm. Framed size: 75 x 87.5 cm. Tape residue to extreme top edge otherwise a bright unfaded copy in excellent condition. Presented in a contemporary dark wooden frame with conservation acrylic glazing.