
Property from a Prestigious European Collection
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