Lot #72 - Lucian Freud
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Auction House:Smith & Singer
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Sale Name:Important Australian & International Art
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Sale Date:02 May 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
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Lot #:72
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Lot Description:Lucian Freud
(1922-2011)
Head of IB (1988)
etching on paper, edition 9 of 40, plus 10 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs
21.2 x 15 cm (image); 36.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet)
inscribed '9/40' lower left; signed 'L. F' lower right -
Provenance:Lucian Freud, London; James Kirkman Ltd, London; Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney (label verso); Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
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Exhibited:Lucian Freud Etchings: 1982-1988, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 1988; Rex Irwin Art Dealer at Australian Contemporary Art Fair 2, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 21-24 June 1990; Lucian Freud Etchings: 1982-2000, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 11 July - 5 August 2000, no. 19 (label verso)
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Notes:SELECTED LITERATURE; Craig Hartley, The Etchings of Lucian Freud: A Catalogue Raisonné 1946-1995, Giugno, Bergamo, 1995, cat. no. 35, pp. 22, 100, 101 (illustrated, another impression); Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall (eds), Lucian Freud, Jonathan Cape, London, 1996, plate 219 (illustrated, another impression); Starr Figura, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007, plate 54, p. 86 (illustrated, another impression); Martin Gayford, Lucian Freud, Phaidon, London, 2022, pp. 420 (illustrated, another impression), 613; Toby Treves, Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, Modern Art Press, London, 2022, cat. no. 48, pp. 142, 143 (illustrated, another impression); ; PUBLIC COLLECTIONS; Impressions of this etching are held in the following collections:; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Fundación Museos Nacionales - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas; Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Estimate:A$8,000 - 12,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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