Lucian Freud - Evening Editions New York Wednesday, October 26, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Craig Hartley 22

  • Catalogue Essay

    The sitter is one of the artist's daughters.

    The people, like their counterparts in Rembrandt's etchings, are dislocated from any domestic context by our awareness of their function as models. The exclusion of the background in many of Freud's etchings creates a tension between the space implied by the pose of the figure, and the flat plane of the blank paper. Craig Hartley The Etchings of Lucian Freud, 1995, Malborough Graphics, London and New York, Galleria Ceribelli, Italy, p. 28

  • Artist Biography

    Lucian Freud

    British • 1922 - 2011

    Renowned for his unflinching observations, Lucian Freud is considered one of the greatest figurative artists. He pushed the boundaries of decorum in terms of classical portraiture and nudes in order to explore his lifelong concern to honestly render the human figure, in what he called his "naked portraits."

    In his paintings, Freud's layers of impasto jabs of paint create a surprisingly delicate, translucent depiction of flesh, while his etchings employ an economy of line that implies the figure more than it illustrates it. Charismatic but irascible, Freud worked only from sitters that he knew, consistently focusing on translating his direct perceptions. The resulting portraits are redolent with a stark and evocative psychological intensity, underpinned by an unexpected tenderness towards the subject.

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Property from a Private East Coast Collection

18

Ib

1984
Etching, on Arches paper, with full margins,
I. 11 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (29.5 x 29.5 cm);
S. 22 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (56.5 x 52.1 cm)

signed with initials and numbered 4/50 in pencil (there were also 15 artist's proofs), co-published by James Kirkman, London and Brooke Alexander, New York, pale time staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed.

Estimate
$18,000 - 22,000 

Sold for $20,000

Evening Editions

26 October 2011
New York