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After Constable's Elm - Signed Print by Lucian Freud 2003 - MyArtBroker

After Constable's Elm
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

£15,000-£22,000Value Indicator

$30,000-$45,000 Value Indicator

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¥2,920,000-¥4,280,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 46

Year: 2003

Size: H 48cm x W 36cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Lucian Freud's After Constable's Elm (signed) is estimated to be worth between £15,000 to £22,000. This etching print, created in 2003, has an auction history of 12 total sales since its entry to the market in February 2012. In the past five years, the hammer price has remained consistent, with an average annual growth rate of 1%. This work is somewhat rare, with an auction history of 1 sale in the last 12 months. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 46.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2023Christie's London United Kingdom
April 2017Sotheby's New York United States
March 2016Sotheby's London United Kingdom
October 2015Phillips London United Kingdom
September 2013Sotheby's London United Kingdom
February 2012Christie's London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Both famed artists in their own lifetimes, John Constable and Lucian Freud have more than their celebrity artist status in common. When curating a retrospective exhibition of Constable's work in 2002, Freud embedded his own works into the show to reveal the influence of the British painter on his work. Separated by over a century in time, the artists of course have their differences. Constable was a trained Romantic and dedicated landscape painter. Freud's work, on the other hand, is sometimes unpleasant in its realism and he focused primarily on portraits. However, one landscape by Constable entranced Freud throughout his artistic career. After witnessing Constable's Study Of The Trunk Of An Elm Tree, Freud attempted to mimic the work as a student to no avail. For the purpose of this 2002 exhibition however, he returned to the subject and executed it with a maturity and mastery of line so distinct to Freud.

John Constable once said: "I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, light shade, and perspective always make it beautiful." Indeed, Freud often depicted people and places with a painstaking realism, finding beauty in what other artists might have omitted. After Constable's Elm reveals Freud's unique ability to convey light, shade, and perspective with line and black ink alone.