Smith & Singer
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

LUCIAN FREUD
1922-2011

Head of an Irishman (1999)

Estimate $45,000 – $55,000

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© Lucian Freud Archive/Bridgeman Images

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY

LUCIAN FREUD

1922-2011
Head of an Irishman (1999)

etching on paper
signed 'L . F' lower right; inscribed '31/46' lower left
edition 31 of 46
74 x 56 cm (image)

  • Lot Sold $35,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $42,700 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above

Literature

Craig Hartley, Lucian Freud: Recent Etchings 1995-1999, Marlborough Graphics, London, 1999, no. 60 (illustrated, another impression)
Sebastian Smee, Lucian Freud 1996-2005, Jonathan Cape, London, 2005, no. 29 (illustrated, another impression)
Mark Holborn (ed.), Freud at Work: Photographs by Bruce Bernard and David Dawson, Lucian Freud in Conversation with Sebastian Smee, Jonathan Cape, London, 2006, (illustrated, another impression)
Starr Figura, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008, no. 81, pp. 30, 111 (illustrated, another impression)
Mark Holborn (ed.), Lucian Freud: On Paper, Jonathan Cape, London, 2008, no. 174, p. 14 (illustrated, another impression)

CONTACT INFORMATION +

Specialists

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith

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Australian & International Art
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Chief Executive Officer

Australian & International Art
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E: Gary Singer
       
Fiona Hayward

Fiona Hayward

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Melbourne
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E: Fiona Hayward

Brett Ballard

Brett Ballard

Senior Specialist

Australian & International Art
Sydney
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E: Brett Ballard
       
Important Australian & International Art

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