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The late Sixties icon and TV star, Cilla Black, was passionate about the paintings of L.S. Lowry, the artist famous for his grainy, grey depictions of northern industrial Britain in the 20th century. The Scouse singer quietly acquired three works by the Lancashire-born artist, which go under the hammer at Sotheby's London on 13 June (Family Group, 1938; The Black Church, 1964; The Spire, 1949). "Introduced to buying art by [her manager Brian] Epstein, from the start Cilla bought what