A PRINT by LS Lowry is the top lot at an auction in the region this month.

‘Going to the Match’ – estimate: £15,000 to £20,000 plus buyer’s premium – is one o fLowry’s s most famous and sought-after images.

It will be going under the hammer n Tennants Auctioneers’ Modern & Contemporary Art Sale in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, on 29th February 29

Tennants currently hold the auction record for Lowry prints with another ‘Going to the Match’, which sold for £22,000 in 2015. A further nine prints after Lowry are on offer in the sale including ‘Pond’ (estimate: £2,000-3,000).

A figure study by Sir Anthony Gormley, titled ‘Over’, is one of several tonal figure studies the artist created using a delicate concoction of dilute ink on paper. The artist was fascinated by the varying tones produced by the interaction of ink on paper, and even created a series using chicory coffee as his medium. The study from one of the finest British sculptors of his generation is also entered in the sale, with an estimate of £7,000 to £10,000.

A further selection of linocuts from the Estate of Grosvenor School artist Edith Lawrence are in the sale, which include ‘Cricket’ (estimate: £3,000-5,000), and ‘France’ (estimate: £1,200-1,800).

The sale also sees the second part of the estate of York sculptor Sally Arnup come under the hammer, following on from the successful sale of Part I in January. Highlights of the animal bronzes include ‘Dalesend Cascade – a Friesian Bull’s Head’ (estimate: £1,000-1,500) and ‘Short-clawed Otter and Crab’ (estimate: £1,000-1,500).

Northern Art is well represented in the sale with a selection of eight works by Pennine artist Peter Brook. Four of the paintings are from the artist’s estate, including ‘In a Fold in the Cheviots’ (estimate: £2,000-3,000) and ‘Classic Pennine Farmhouse with Molehills’ (estimate: £2,500-4,000). Two works by Lancashire-born Geoffrey Key include ‘Rider with Hills’ (estimate: £5,000-8,000), and three limited edition portfolios of etchings by Norman Ackroyd include the ten-etching ‘The Aran Islands’ (estimate: £2,000-3,000)

Further pictures of note include those by Eliot Hodgkin, Ken Howard, James Morrison, David Blackburn, Philip Naviasky and Donald McIntyre. Also in the sale are two private collections: Marie Walker Last and the New Vision Centre Group, and A Private Collection of Textile Designs for David Whitehead & Sons Ltd.

An illustrated online catalogue for the sale will be available at www.tennants.co.uk from February 14.