FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931) - photo 1

FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)

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Lot 22 | FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)
FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)

Portrait of Debbie Ratcliff

oil on canvas

18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm.)

Painted in 1983-84.







Provenance

with Marlborough Fine Art, London.

with Richard Salmon, London.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1992, where purchased by the present owner.





Literature

Exhibition catalogue, The British Show, Perth, British Council, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 1985, pp. 28, 157, illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, XLII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte: Frank Auerbach, Paintings and Drawings 1977-1985, Venice, British Council, 1986, no. 30, illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Frank Auerbach, Hamburg, Kunstverein, 1986, pp. 29, 70, 81, no. 35, illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Frank Auerbach: Retrospectiva (1954-1985), Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1987, pp. 26, 66, 77, no. 35, illustrated.

R. Hughes, Frank Auerbach, London, 1990, pp. 208, 237, no. 214, illustrated.

W. Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York, 2009, p. 295, cat. 503, illustrated.





Exhibited

Perth, British Council, Art Gallery of Western Australia, The British Show, February - March 1985, exhibition not numbered: this exhibition travelled to Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, April - June 1985; and Queensland, Art Gallery, July - August 1985.

Venice, British Council, XLII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte: Frank Auerbach, Paintings and Drawings 1977-1985, June - September 1986, no. 30.

Hamburg, Kunstverein, Frank Auerbach, October - November 1986, no. 35; this exhibiton travelled to Essen, Museum Folkwang, January - March 1987.

Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Frank Auerbach: Retrospectiva (1954-1985), April - May 1987, no. 35.





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Artist:Frank Auerbach (1931)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Genre:Portrait
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