Lot 298
  • 298

Lucian Freud

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Lucian Freud
  • The Egyptian Book (H. 49)
  • etching
  • plate: 298 by 298 mm 11 3/4 by 11 3/4 in
  • sheet: 463 by 425 mm 18 1/4 by 16 3/4 in
Etching, 1994, initialed in pencil and numbered 12/40 (total edition includes 12 artist's proofs), on T.H.S. Saunders wove paper, printed by Studio Prints, London, published by Mathew Marks Gallery, New York, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. A few tiny fox marks in the margins and one in the image. A small spot of surface soiling at the top right of the image. The left corner slightly soft. The sheet with a slight undulation due to tight hinging on the verso. The verso in good condition.
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