Lot #2479: LUCIAN FREUD - Man Posing - Offset lithograph [following the original etching]

 

Artist: Lucian Freud (German/English, 1922-2011).
Title: "Man Posing".
Medium: Offset lithograph [following the original etching].
Date: Composed 1985-86. Printed 1993.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 11/16 x 9 3/8 in. (297 x 238 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil with the initials (as customary), lower right. Edition unknown, presumed very small. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Hartley, Craig “The Etchings of Lucian Freud: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1946-1995” #27; Figura, Starr “Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings” #44. Provenance: Private collector, London, England.
Comment(s): Rare. No auction records located. Issued to promote the “Lucian Freud: recent work” exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The show consisted of works by Freud created between 1945 and 1993. Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the opening night reception and they went quickly. The exhibition ran from December 16th 1993 to March 13th 1994. Printed by Amilcare Pizzi S.p.A., Milan, Italy. Our example not to be confused with the original etching, which has sold for over $40,000 at auction. Image copyright © The Lucian Freud Archive. [29176-2-400-NA]