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LS Lowry's most famous painting depicting Piccadilly Circus in London has sold at auction for £5.6m and was one of 14 works by the painter auctioned.

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The price paid for Piccadilly Circus in 1960 matched the record-breaking fee paid for The Football Match, sold in May. It was, however, estimated to be auctioned for £6m, a private buyer won the painting for £400,000 less.

14 paintings by Lowry were sold at Christie's, auctioned from the Lord Forte Collection.

Art dealer Richard Green said: 'To sell 14 paintings in one sale shows the breadth of his appeal. A painting by him is more expensive at auction than any Henry Moore sculpture or Damien Hirst painting.'

The collection fetched £17.6m in total, which exceeded the auction's pre-sale estimate.

An exhibition of 38 of Lowry's paintings and drawings opens next Wednesday at Mr Green's art gallery in Mayfair, London.

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