Lucian Freud
(British, 1922 - 2011)
RECLINING FIGURE, 1994
etching with drypoint
17.0 x 24.5 cm
edition: 11/30 signed and numbered below image
Estimate:
$25,000 - $35,000
Sold:
$26,400 (inc. BP)
lot details
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)