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LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
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LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)

Before the Fourth

Closed16 April 2024

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USD 8,000–12,000

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LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Freud, L.
Before the Fourth
etching, on Somerset paper, 2004, signed in pencil, numbered 39/46 (there were also twelve artist's proofs), published by Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, with full margins, in very good condition, framed
Image: 13 5/8 x 16 7/8 in. (343 x 426 mm.)
Sheet: 22 ½ x 25 7/8 in. (570 x 655 mm.)

Specialist note

"The actress Annabel Mullion (b.1969), who was pregnant with her fourth child, is the subject of this etching and the small related painting Before the Fourth" (Toby Treves, Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, Modern Art Press, London, 2022, pp. 258).