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Lucian Freud 32 Etchings: From an Important...

London Auction 15 October 2015

  • Provenance

    The Artist
    Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
    Private Collection

  • Exhibited

    New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Lucian Freud: Recent Drawings and Etchings, 11 Dec 1993 - 24 Jan 1994 (this impression exhibited and illustrated pl.4)

  • Literature

    Craig Hartley 28
    Starr Figura 45

  • 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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Lucian Freud

Naked Man on a Sofa

c. 1985
Etching, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins,
I. 54.6 x 69.9 cm (21 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)
S. 66.4 x 80.6 cm (26 1/8 x 31 3/4 in.)
signed with initials in pencil, one of two unpublished proofs (it was never editioned), printed by Terry Wilson at Palm Tree Studios, London, framed.

Estimate
£120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠

Sold for £122,500

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Lucian Freud 32 Etchings: From an Important American collection

London Auction 15 October 2015