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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 1, 2022 | Christie's | London | 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale | 37 | $****** - ****** | Lobster |
Works on Paper
44.1 x 58.1 cm (17.38 x 22.88 in)
graphite on paper
Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired directly from the artist).
Private Collection, United Kingdom (by descent from the above in 1980).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.
London, The Lefevre Gallery, New Paintings and Drawings by Lucian Freud, Felix Kelly and Julian Trevelyan , 1944, p. 2, no. 14.
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud , 2007, p. 164 (illustrated in colour, p. 106).
C. Lampert, Lucian Freud , exh. cat., The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2008, p. 164 (illustrated in colour, p. 106).
M. Holborn (ed.), Lucian Freud on paper , London 2008, p. 94 and 160, no. 52 (illustrated in colour, p. 95).
M. Gayford, Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud , London 2010, p. 241 (illustrated in colour, p. 206).
LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Lobster
conté crayon and graphite on paper
17 3⁄8 x 22 7⁄8in. (44.2 x 58.2cm.)
Executed in 1944
