LUCIAN FREUD
1922-2011
The Egyptian Book (1994)
$10,000–15,000
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, SYDNEY
LUCIAN FREUD
1922-2011
The Egyptian Book (1994)
etching on paper, edition 23 of 40, plus 12 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs
inscribed '23/40' lower left; signed 'L. F' lower right
29.8 x 29.8 cm (image); 46.7 x 42.5 cm (sheet)
Provenance
Lucian Freud, London
James Kirkman Ltd, London
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above
Exhibited
Important Works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 9 April - 4 May 1996, no. 14 (label verso)
Lucian Freud Etchings: 1982-2000, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, 11 July - 5 August 2000, no. 31 (label verso)
Literature
SELECTED LITERATURE
Craig Hartley, The Etchings of Lucian Freud: A Catalogue Raisonné 1946-1995, Giugno, Bergamo, 1995, cat. no. 49, pp. 26-27, 130, 131 (illustrated, another impression)
Sarah Howgate with Michael Auping and John Richardson, Lucian Freud: Portraits, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne and London, 2012, pp. 34, 197 (illustrated, another impression)
Martin Gayford, Lucian Freud, Phaidon, London, 2022, pp. 459 (illustrated, another impression), 614
Toby Treves, Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, Modern Art Press, London, 2022, cat. no. 70, pp. 186, 187 (illustrated, another impression)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Impressions of this etching are held in the following collections:
Fundación Museos Nacionales - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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