Lucian Freud b. 1922

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Description

Lucian Freud
the egyptian book (h./m. 49)
298 by 298mm; 11 3/4 by 11 3/4 in

Etching, 1994, initialled in pencil, numbered 33/40, printed by Marc Balakjian, published by Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, on Somerset wove paper, with full margins, in good, fresh condition; with J.H. Breasted, GESCHICHTE AEGYPTENS, the book, 1936 (2)

Catalogue Note

Freud also painted two studies of the GESCHICHTE AEGYPTENS (the subject of this etching) one of which was sold in these rooms on the 26th June 2002