ID 1163454
Lot 18 | LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
Kai
oil on canvas
20 1⁄8 x 24 ¼ in. (51 x 61.5 cm.)
Painted in 1991-1992
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner circa 1995.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
B. Bernard and D. Birdsall (eds.), Lucian Freud, London 1996, p. 357, no. 252 (illustrated in colour, p. 298).C. Kennedy (ed.), IMMA Collection: Freud Project 2016-2021, Dublin 2016, p. 66 (illustrated in colour, p. 67).
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Lucian Freud: recent work, 1993-1994, p. 185, no. 83 (illustrated in colour, p. 166). This exhibition later travelled to New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Bacon-Freud. Expressions, 1995, pp. 178 and 208, no. 67 (illustrated in colour, p. 179).
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, IMMA Collection: Freud Project. Inaugural Exhibition, 2016-2017.
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, IMMA Collection: Freud Project. Gaze, 2018-2019.
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2016-2021 (on long-term loan).
| Artist: | Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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