Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)
Lot 200

Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)

Ruth Bromberg seated IV

Closed17 November 2011

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GBP 21,250

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Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)
Ruth Bromberg seated IV
pencil, ink, felt-tipped pen and pastel on joined paper
9 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (25.2 x 20.7 cm.)
Executed in 1994.

Specialist note

Ruth Bromberg (1921-2010) was the Director of Colnaghi's print department from 1983 - 86 and wrote the catalogue raisonne for the prints of Walter Sickert and the etchings of Antonio Canaletto. A personal friend of Auerbach's, from 1990 she sat nearly every Thursday, forming part of a weekly rotation of sitters for the artist.