Ian Gibson Smith Lucian Freud In His Studio With Zebra Head, circa 1943

Ian Gibson Smith
Lucian Freud In His Studio With Zebra Head, circa 1943
vintage silver gelatin photographic print, mounted, framed and glazed
32 x 26cm (12.5 x 10in)
Footnotes:
A striking, seemingly unrecorded, photograph of Lucian Freud in his studio at Abercorn Place. He is seated and full length, wearing a top hat, with his arm around the head of a taxidermized zebra head. In the middle ground is his celebrated first self-portrait Man with a Feather (1943).

'The 1943 photograph of Freud stroking the zebra head, which he had purchased from a taxidermist that autumn, underlines the identification he had for the animal.' (Lucian Freud: New Perspectives ed. D. Herrmann, 2022)
Condition Report: The print has minor scuffs on the extreme edges. There is a 7-inch crease and another 5-inch lighter crease to the centre of the print. Tape remains at each corner of the verso. Please contact the department for more images.