Lucian Freud

Head of Jeremy King

Artist's Resale Right

Auction Closed

October 15, 03:25 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from The Collection of Jeremy King and Lauren Gurvich King

Lucian Freud

1922 - 2011

Head of Jeremy King

copper etching plate prepared with hard ground, with pastel and needle drawing

78.8 by 64.2 cm. 31 by 25¼ in.

framed: F. 38¼ by 32¼ by 2⅜ in.

Executed in 2008-11.

Please note that whilst this etching plate has not been punched, the copyright in the image belongs to the Lucian Freud Archive. The plate cannot be used for the purpose of producing proofs or to be bitten in acid. The buyer will not acquire the rights to create prints from this plate, which would be a breach of copyright.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

David Dawson, A Painter's Progress: A Portrait of Lucian Freud, London 2014, p. 130, illustrated in colour (unfinished state)
Mark Holborn, Ed., Lucian Freud, Volume 2, London 2018, p. 221 (text); and p. 284, illustrated in colour
Toby Treves, Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, London 2022, pp. 18 and 287, no. B10, illustrated in colour