LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
05.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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ID 1548948
Lot 2 | LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Estimate value
600000GBP £ 600 000 – 800 000
Lemon
oil on board
6 x 9 5/8in. (15.3 x 24.5cm.)
Painted in 1946-1947
Provenance
Ian Gibson-Smith, London.
Piccadilly Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 1969).
Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Keith Lichtenstein, London.
Simon Sainsbury, London (acquired from the above in 1971).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
B. Bernard and D. Birdsall (eds.), Lucian Freud, New York 1996, p. 352, no. 55 (illustrated in colour, p. 83).
G. Aloi, Lucian Freud Herbarium, New York 2019, p. 98 (illustrated in colour, p. 99).
W. Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922-1968, London 2019, pp. 240 and 250.
C. Lampert and T. Treves (eds.), Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. 2, London 2025, p. 112, no. 54 (illustrated in colour, p. 113).
Exhibited
London, London Gallery, Recent Paintings and Drawings by John Craxton and Lucian Freud, 1947, no. 33.
| Artist: | Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary 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: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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