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FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)

Lot 26
13.10.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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ID 829024
Lot 26 | FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)
Estimate value
£ 2 200 000 – 2 800 000
FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)

Primrose Hill

titled, inscribed and dated twice 'PRIMROSE HILL STUDY 1978' (on the reverse)

oil on panel

45 1/8 x 59 7/8in. (114.6 x 152.2cm.)

Painted in 1978





Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York.

Mr and Mrs David Kangesser, Ohio (acquired from the above in 1982).

Private Collection, USA (by descent from the above).

Anon. sale, Sotheby’s London, 10 February 2016, lot 18.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

R. Hughes, Frank Auerbach, London 1990, p. 230, no. 61 (illustrated in colour, p. 100).

W. Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York 2009, no. 401 (illustrated in colour, pp. 104 and 283).



Exhibited

Los Angeles, L.A. Louver Gallery, This Knot of Life: Paintings and Drawings by British Artists, Part II, 1979.

New York, Marlborough Gallery, Frank Auerbach: Recent Paintings and Drawings, 1982, no. 18 (illustrated in colour, p. 28).

Venice, XLII Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte - British Pavillion, Frank Auerbach: Paintings and Drawings 1977-1985, 1986, no. 14.

Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art: An Exhibition of Works from the Collections of Clevelanders, 1986.

Hamburg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Frank Auerbach, 1986-1987, p. 80, no. 14 (illustrated in colour, pp. 46-47). This exhibition later travelled to Essen, Museum Folkwang Essen.

Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Frank Auerbach: Retrospectiva, 1954-1985, 1987, p. 76, no. 14 (illustrated in colour, pp. 42-43).

New York, Luhring Augustine, Frank Auerbach: Selected Works 1978-2016, 2020-2021, pp. 6, 62 (illustrated in colour, p. 7).



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Artist:Frank Auerbach (1931)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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