LUCIAN FREUD, O.M., C.H. (1922-2011) Head of a Naked...

LUCIAN FREUD, O.M., C.H. (1922-2011) Head of a Naked Girl signed in pencil with initials L.F. (lower right), numbered 28/46 (lower left) etching image: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in) sheet: 59.1 x 56.8 cm (23 1/4 x 26 1/4 in) printed by Marc Balakjian at Studio Prints, London, published by Matthew Marks Gallery Provenance: with Timothy Taylor Gallery, London Literature: S.Figura, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, New York, 2007, no.60 W. Feaver, Lucian Freud, London, 2002, no.317. “For me, portraits have always held the greatest potential… but I don’t want to talk about them as they should hold up on their own as paintings.’’ (…) etchings from recent years include Head of a Naked Girl in which a cloud of irregular shading behind the head casts a woozy spell over the sitter’s features, thereby translating into graphic terms the troubled mood and disturbing greenish cast of the face in the related painting, made the previous year.» S. Figura, Lucian Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007, p.28. Artist's Resale Rights may apply on this lot.
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