Live Auction 17190Modern British Art Day Sale
Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)
Lot 135 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)

Head of J.Y.M.

Closed18 June 2019

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GBP 237,500

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Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)
Head of J.Y.M.
signed and dated 'Auerbach/1986' (lower left)
charcoal on paper, on two joined sheets
34 x 30 in. (86.3 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1986.

with Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 March 1988, lot 408, where purchased by the present owner.

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'To paint the same head over and over leads you to its unfamiliarity ... Eventually you get near the raw truth about it, just as people only blurt out the raw truth in the middle of a family quarrel.'
- Frank Auerbach