ID 1163377
Lot 13 | LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Valeur estimée
£ 500 000 – 700 000
Raid on a Village
oil, ink and graphite on board
16 x 12in. (40.6 x 30.5cm.)
Executed circa 1940
Provenance
Lucy Harwood, London (acquired directly from the artist in 1942).
Her sale, Sotheby’s London, 30 March 1983, lot 231.
Private Collection, UK.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2000.
Literature
M. Gayford, Lucian Freud, London 2018, pp. 44 and 322 (illustrated in colour, p. 54; titled ‘Air Battle Over a Village’ and dated ‘circa 1939’).
M. Gayford, Lucian Freud, London 2022, pp. 44 and 607 (illustrated in colour, p. 54; titled ‘Air Battle Over a Village’ and dated ‘circa 1939’).
D. Dawson and M. Gayford, Love Lucian. The Letters of Lucian Freud 1939-1954, London 2022 (illustrated in colour, p. 60; titled ‘Air Battle Over a Village’ and dated '1939').
Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, New Year Exhibition. Modern French Pictures and Contemporary English Art, 1942, p. 8, no. 86.
Benton End, The Ixion Society, details untraced (titled 'Town & Skyscape' and dated '1941').
| Artiste: | Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) |
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| Style artistique: | art d'après-guerre |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, Peintures |
| Artiste: | Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) |
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| Style artistique: | art d'après-guerre |
| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, Peintures |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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