Blonde Girl
Blonde Girl
Signed Print
Lucian Freud
£11,500-£17,000Value Indicator
$24,000-$35,000 Value Indicator
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¥110,000-¥160,000 Value Indicator
€13,500-€20,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Etching
Edition size: 50
Year: 1985
Size: H 88cm x W 71cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| May 2023 | Dorotheum, Vienna | Austria | |||
| December 2018 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2017 | Phillips New York | United States | |||
| September 2017 | Sotheby's London | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2017 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| February 2017 | Sotheby's London | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
This etching was produced by Lucian Freud in 1985, and pictures a nude woman stretched across the composition, her figure languidly leaning to the right. Though he has not detailed her surroundings, this blond woman appears to be sat on a chair with her legs cropped underneath the knee, and her hand resting on the negative space to the right of the work. With rounded lines and calculated hatching, Freud pronounces the feminine curvature of her body.
Though he was not always an avid depicter of nudes, Lucian Freud increasingly turned his attention to what he referred to as Naked Portraits from the mid-1960s. These works are less grounded in a voyeuristic perception of the female nude, but more-so in Freud's view that every single facet of the sitter's body was as important as their face in a portrait. In Blond Girl, Freud has built intense tonality around the sitter's face, highlighting her pensive expression. This detailing of expression is extended to her body, as he pays particular attention to the way her arm rests on an invisible surface.
Though the identity of this unnamed sitter is unknown, we can observe in Blond Girl a psychological bond between sitter and artist so typical of Freud's work. By observing his subjects for sometimes hundreds of hours, Freud truly understood the behaviour of his sitters and connected with them through conversation and his unwavering gaze.
Famed for his representations of the human form, Lucian Freud is one of the 20th Century's most celebrated artists. The grandson of psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, the artist confronts the psychological depth and bare complexities of the human body. From his early works to his celebrated nudes and portraits, Freud's canvases resonate with an almost tactile intensity, capturing the essence of his subjects with unwavering honesty. Freud painted only himself, close friends, and family, which floods his work with an intimacy that is felt by the viewer. His pursuit of honesty through portraiture shaped the trajectory of figurative art in the 20th century.
