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Lot 234
  • 234

Lucian Freud

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Lucian Freud
  • IB (Hartley 22)
  • Etchig
  • plate: 295 by 295 mm 11 5/8 by 11 5/8 in
  • sheet: 565 by 520 mm 22 1/4 by 20 1/2 in
Etching, 1984, initialed in pencil, numbered 3/50 (total edition includes 15 artist's proofs), on Arches wove paper, printed by Twin Palms, published by James Kirkman, London, Brooke Alexander, New York, framed (wrapped in felt pouch, contained in a cloth-covered box)

Condition

The print is in good condition, with full margins. A window of pale light-stain around the image. The bottom and top deckles are creased. (The verso, with one pencil-eraser sized area of discoloration above the plate at center).
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