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Lot 175
  • 175

Lucian Freud

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lucian Freud
  • Girl in Profile
  • pencil on paper

  • 33.5 by 24.5cm.; 13 1/4 by 9 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1978.

Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Acquired directly from the above

Condition

Colour: Overall, the colours in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is richer and deeper in the original. Condition: The sheet is taped to the window mount at all four corners on the reverse. The extreme right edge is deckled. There are thin margins of very light mount staining resulting from the window mount. On very close inspection there are a few isolates, pin-prick sized paper inclusions.
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