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• Auction House:
  Smith & Singer
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  02 May 2023 ~ 6.30pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  74
• Lot Description:
  Lucian Freud
  (1922-2011)
  The Egyptian Book (1994)
  etching on paper, edition 23 of 40, plus 12 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs
  29.8 x 29.8 cm (image); 46.7 x 42.5 cm (sheet)
  inscribed '23/40' lower left; signed 'L. F' lower right
• Provenance:
  Lucian Freud, London; James Kirkman Ltd, London; Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney; Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
• Exhibited:
  Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 9 April - 4 May 1996, no. 14 (label verso); Lucian Freud Etchings: 1982-2000, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 11 July - 5 August 2000, no. 31 (label verso)
• Notes:
  SELECTED LITERATURE; Craig Hartley, The Etchings of Lucian Freud: A Catalogue Raisonné 1946-1995, Giugno, Bergamo, 1995, cat. no. 49, pp. 26-27, 130, 131 (illustrated, another impression); Sarah Howgate with Michael Auping and John Richardson, Lucian Freud: Portraits, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne and London, 2012, pp. 34, 197 (illustrated, another impression); Martin Gayford, Lucian Freud, Phaidon, London, 2022, pp. 459 (illustrated, another impression), 614; Toby Treves, Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, Modern Art Press, London, 2022, cat. no. 70, pp. 186, 187 (illustrated, another impression); ; PUBLIC COLLECTIONS; Impressions of this etching are held in the following collections:; Fundación Museos Nacionales - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas; Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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