Lucian Freud
(Germany, England 08 Dec 1922–20 Jul 2011)
- Title
- Head on a pillow
- Year
- 1982
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching
- Edition
- artist proof ii/iv (aside from the edition of 14)
- Dimensions
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10.2 x 12.7cm platemark; 23.0 x 24.5cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. sheet, pencil "L.F.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Rex Irwin 2003
- Accession number
- 107.2003
- Copyright
- © Lucien Freud
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Between 1946 and 1948 Freud made six etchings before abandoning the medium altogether for more than three decades. This print dates from 1982, the very year that Freud took the medium up again. The etchings from this time are characteristically small in scale and represent portrait heads, often unusually cropped.
The stimulus behind Freud's resumption of etching was the publication of Lawrence Gowing's monograph of the artist. Freud was told by the book's publisher, Thames and Hudson, that it would not be economically viable unless it included a deluxe edition of 100, each with an original etching by him.
- Bibliography (3)
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'Year in review' pg.14-35, Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 2003 2003, 2003, 20 (illus.).
Craig Hartley (Author), The etchings of Lucian Freud: a catalogue raisonné 1946-1995, London, 1995. cat.no. 16
Rex Irwin Art Dealer (Australia, estab. 1976) (Author), Lucian Freud etchings 1982-2000, Sydney, 2000. cat.no. 6
- Exhibition history (3)
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Lucian Freud, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, 2000–2000.
Important works on paper, Nick Mitzevich Gallery, 2001–2001.
Important works on paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, 2002–2002.
