Contemporary Day Auction

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Property from a Private Collection, California

Lucian Freud

Self-Portrait in a Mirror (recto); Preacher (verso)

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Live auction begins on:

June 25, 11:00 AM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Bid

55,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Lucian Freud

1922 - 2011

Self-Portrait in a Mirror (recto); Preacher (verso)

ink on paper, double-sided

21.4 by 14.6 cm. 8½ by 5¾ in.

framed: 29.4 by 22.6 cm. 11⅝ by 8⅞ in.

Executed in 1940.

Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 2003)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Lucian Freud: Drawings 1940, February - May 2003, pl. 78 (verso) and 166 (recto), illustrated

Exh. Cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts (and travelling), Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits, 2019, no. 5, p. 55, illustrated

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