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Important Australian + International Fine Art - 1 September 2010  |  Sydney

Lot 45
Lucian Freud
born 1922, British
RECLINING FIGURE, 1994

etching with drypoint

17.0 x 24.5 cm



Estimate:
$25,000 - 35,000


Lot sold: $26,400 (inc. BP)


Lot Details

Description

Lucian Freud
born 1922, British
RECLINING FIGURE, 1994

etching with drypoint

17.0 x 24.5 cm

edition: 11/30
signed and numbered below image

Provenance

Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above 1995
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above 2005

Exhibited

Leigh Bowery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, December 2003 – March 2004
Important Works on Paper and Sculpture, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, March – April 2005, cat. 24
Other examples from this edition have been exhibited widely throughout the world including Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, The Museum of Modern Art New York, 16 December 2007 – 10 March 2008, cat. 75

Literature

Hartley, C., The Etchings of Lucian Freud: A Catalogue raissoné 1946 – 1995, Marlborough, London, 1995, cat. 50 (illus. another example)
Figura, S., Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007, pp. 105, 137, pl. 75 (illus. another example)