Lucian Freud

Kai

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November 16, 11:16 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

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Description

A Life of Beauty: The Collection of John Cheim

Lucian Freud

1922 - 2011

Kai

signed in pencil with the artist's initials (lower right); numbered 33/40 (lower left)

etching on Somerset wove paper

plate: 27⅜ by 21½ in. 69.6 by 54.6 cm.

sheet: 31⅜ by 24⅝ in. 79.6 by 62.6 cm.

Executed in 1991-92, this impression is number 33 from the edition of 40 plus 10 artist's proofs, published by Matthew Marks Gallery.

James Kirkman, London (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above in 1993 by the present owner

Craig Hartley, Lucien Freud - Etchings: A Catalogue Raisonné 1946-1995, London 1995, no. 45, illustrated
Catherine Lampert and the Whitechapel Art Gallery, Lucien Freud: Recent Work, New York 1993, p. 84, illustrated (another example illustrated)