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FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)

Lot 38
28.06.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 800 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 990324
Lot 38 | FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)
Estimate value
£ 800 000 – 1 200 000
FRANK AUERBACH (B. 1931)

Head of Leon Kossoff

dated three times ‘1957’ (upper left, upper right and centre right)

charcoal and chalk on paper

30 3/8 x 22 5/8in. (77 x 57.5cm.)

Executed in 1957





Provenance

Beaux Arts Gallery, London.

Lady Elizabeth Montagu Collection, UK (acquired from the above circa 1959), thence by descent.

Private Collection, London (acquired from the above in 2006).

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013.



Literature

R. Hughes, Frank Auerbach, London 1990, pp. 135 and 232, no. 100 (illustrated, p. 140).

Frank Auerbach: Paintings and Drawings 1954-2001, exh. cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2001, fig. 16 (installation view illustrated, p. 24).

W. Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York 2009, no. 52 (illustrated in colour, pp. 35 and 242).

B. Wright (ed.), Frank Auerbach. London Building Sites 1952-62, exh. cat., London, The Courtauld Gallery, 2009-2010, p. 60.

C. Lampert, Frank Auerbach. Speaking and Painting, London 2015, p. 63.

W. Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York 2022, no. 52 (illustrated in colour, pp. 37 and 284).

M. Hallett and C. Lampert (eds.), Frank Auerbach: Drawings of People, London 2022, no. 12 (illustrated, unpaged).



Exhibited

London, The Courtauld Gallery, 2015-2018 (on long-term loan).



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Post Lot Text

This work has been requested for loan to The Courtauld Gallery in 2024.
Artist:Frank Auerbach (1931)
Applied technique:Chalk, Charcoal
Medium:Acrylic glass, Wood, Paper, Plastic, Stone
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Paintings
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