Lot 204
  • 204

Lucian Freud

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lucian Freud
  • Letter from Lucian Freud to Stephen Spender
  • signed
  • ink and watercolour on paper
  • 55.5 by 44cm.; 21 7/8 by 17 1/4 in.
  • Executed circa 1939-40.

Provenance

Stephen Spender, London
Thence by descent to the present owners

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the mount in several places. There are folding creases throughout, which is in keeping with the work's nature as a letter, and a few tears scattered along the edges, all of which are visible in the catalogue illustration.
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