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Property from a Prestigious European Collection

Frank Auerbach

Head of Laurie Owen I

Auction Closed

October 16, 07:07 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Frank Auerbach

1931 - 2024


Head of Laurie Owen I

oil on paper laid down on board

81.3 by 71.1 cm. 32 by 28 in.

Executed in 1973.

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London

Private Collection, Milan (acquired from the above in 1974)

Private Collection, Milan (by descent from the above)

Acquired from the above in 2019 by the present owner

London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Frank Auerbach, Recent Work, April – May 1974, no. 21, p. 30, illustrated

Milan, Palazzo della Permanente, Il segno della pittura e della scultura, September – October 1983, no. 2, p. 123, illustrated

London, Piano Nobile, Frank Auerbach: The Sitters, September – December 2022, no. 11, pp. 46-48 and 49 (detail), illustrated in colour

William Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York 2009, no. 321, p. 273, illustrated in colour

William Feaver, Frank Auerbach: Revised and Expanded Edition, New York 2022, no. 321, p. 315, illustrated in colour

Gabriel Berner, "Auerbach: His Models in Focus," Antiques Trade Gazette, 3 September 2022, no. 1, p. 32, illustrated in colour