ID 908009
Lot 12 | LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Estimate value
£ 2 500 000 – 3 500 000
Garden from the Window
oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 24 1/8in. (71.4 x 61.4cm.)
Painted in 2002
Provenance
Acquavella Galleries, New York.
Private Collection.
Collection of Simon Sainsbury, London.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
K. Bradley-Hole, Lost Gardens of England: From the Archives of Country Life, London 2004, p. 110.
R. Lane Fox, 'Gardens in a bigger picture', in Financial Times, 3 July 2004.
P. Campbell, 'At Tate Britain: gardens', in London Review of Books, vol. 26, no. 13, 8 July 2004, p. 13.
M. Holborn (ed.), Lucian Freud 1996-2005, London 2005, pp. 130 and 179, no. 75 (illustrated in colour, p. 131).
S. Smee, Lucian Freud, Cologne 2007, p. 91.
C. Gibbs, 'A Search for Beauty', in Simon Sainsbury Bequest to Tate and the National Gallery, London 2008, p. 17.
M. Gayford, Man with a Blue Scarf, London 2010, p. 38 (illustrated in colour, p. 39).
S. Smee, Lucian Freud, 1922-2011. Beholding the Animal, Cologne 2012, p. 91.
M. Gayford, Lucian Freud, vol. 2, London 2018, pp. 221 and 298 (illustrated in colour with incorrect dimensions, p. 258).
G. Aloi, Lucian Freud: Herbarium, London 2019, p. 164 (illustrated in colour with incorrect dimensions, p. 165).
W. Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame 1968-2011, London 2020, p. 448 (incorrectly titled ‘Buddleia’).
M. Gayford, Lucian Freud, London 2022, p. 616 (illustrated in colour with incorrect dimensions, p. 570).
Lucian Freud: Plant Portraits, exh. cat., London, Garden Museum, 2022-2023, p. 13.
Exhibited
London, Tate Britain, Art of the Garden, 2004, pp. 94 and 245, no. 58 (illustrated in colour, p. 129).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Artist: | Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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