Lucian Freud - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, January 21, 2015 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 22 January 2015 2pm & 6pm

  • Exhibited

    New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008 (another example exhibited and illustrated p.86)

  • Literature

    Craig Hartley 35
    Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall 188

  • 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

Head of Ib

1984
Etching, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins,
I. 21.2 x 15 cm (8 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
S. 36.4 x 28.1 cm (14 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
signed with initials and numbered 23/40 in pencil (there were also 10 artist's proofs), published in 1986 by James Kirkman, London, and Brooke Alexander, New York, framed.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 ♠

Sold for £6,250

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 22 January 2015 2pm & 6pm