THREE works by renowned Salford artist LS Lowry have been saved for museum visitors in North-east England by a lottery grant.
The paintings, which were created in the 1960s when the artist lived in the region, have been on display at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.
They could have been sold at auction, which would have meant them being removed from display at the museum.
But they were thought so important, the Treasury allowed a private treaty sale to stop them going to private buyers.
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