Lot 273
  • 273

Lucian Freud

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lucian Freud
  • IB (Hartley 22)
  • Etching
  • plate: 295 by 295 mm 11 1/2 by 11 1/2 in
  • sheet: 568 by 525 mm 22 3/8 by 20 5/8 in
Etching, 1984, initialed in pencil and numbered 22/50 (total edition includes 15 artist's proofs), on Arches wove paper, printed by Palm Tree Studios, published by James Kirkman, London, and Brooke Alexander, New York, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. Discoloration at extreme edges, likely from previous backing board. A few minuscule fox marks scattered in the margins. The verso in good condition (the sheet very slightly toned).
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