LONDON – A major loan exhibition of early works by Lucian Freud (born 1922) will be held at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, 38 Bury Street, St James’s, London SW1 from 9th October through 12th December 2008. The earliest paintings, from 1939, …
The Best School of London Post-War and Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Monday, June 28, 2010 will present collectors with a one-off opportunity to acquire some of the best Post-War and Contemporary artworks by the venerated and highly sought-af…
Rediscovered Self-Portrait by Lucian Freud to be Sold at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that
it will offer for sale the recently rediscovered oil on canvas Self-Portrait
with a Black Eye, circa 1978, by the celebrated British artist Lucian Freud (b.
1922) in its London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on
Wednesday, February 10, 2010. The self-portrait, which headlines a
group of five important works by the artist in the auction that have come from a
private European collection, has never been recorded in the published literature
on Lucian Freud and has remained in the same collection for over 30 years since
its conception. Never-before exhibited in public, this rare work ranks
as the artist’s most important self-depiction ever to appear at auction and is
estimated at £3-4 million.