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Lucian Freud
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description
- Lucian Freud
- Girl Holding Her Foot (Hartley 25)
- signed with initials and numbered 27/50
- etching, a superb impression printing with a rich veil of tone
- plate: 68.5 by 53.5cm.; 27 by 21in.
- Executed in 1985, the present work is from an edition of 50 with 15 artist's proofs. The work is related to a small oil sketch of the same title which was executed shortly afterward.
Provenance
Marlborough Graphics Ltd, London, where acquired by the present owner in March 1994
Exhibited
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Lucian Freud: Works on Paper, 3rd May - 12th June 1988, cat. no.88 (another from the same edition), with tour to the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, and The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco;
Rome, Palazzo Ruspoli, The British Council, Lucian Freud: Dipinti e opera su carta 1940-1991, 3rd October - 17th November 1991, cat. no.71 (another from the same edition);
Tochigi, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, The British Council, Lucian Freud, 19th April - 15th June 1992, cat. no.65 (another from the same edition), with tour to Otani Memorial Museum, Nishinomiya, and Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo.;
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, 16th December 2007 - 10th March 2008, cat. no.34, illustrated p.65 (another from the same edition).
Rome, Palazzo Ruspoli, The British Council, Lucian Freud: Dipinti e opera su carta 1940-1991, 3rd October - 17th November 1991, cat. no.71 (another from the same edition);
Tochigi, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, The British Council, Lucian Freud, 19th April - 15th June 1992, cat. no.65 (another from the same edition), with tour to Otani Memorial Museum, Nishinomiya, and Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo.;
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, 16th December 2007 - 10th March 2008, cat. no.34, illustrated p.65 (another from the same edition).
Literature
Craig Hartley, The Etchings of Lucian Freud: A Catalogue Raisonne 1946-1995, Marlborough Graphics, London, 1995, cat. no.25;
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall (editors), Lucian Freud, Jonathan Cape, London, 1996, pl.200 (another from the same edition).
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall (editors), Lucian Freud, Jonathan Cape, London, 1996, pl.200 (another from the same edition).
Condition
In good, fresh condition apart from two fine, vertical pencil marks (rubbed off from the mount) measuring approximately 4cm. each in upper and lower left margin; very slight, occasional surface dirt verso, a handling crease in lower section of the image mainly visible verso (only visible in a raking light).
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'I'm really interested in people as animals. Part of liking to work from them naked is for that reason. Because I can see more; and it's also very exciting to see the forms repeating right through the body and often in the head as well. I like people to look as natural and as physically at ease as animals...'
Lucian Freud, quoted in S. Figura, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008, p.26.