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Esther - Signed Print by Lucian Freud 1991 - MyArtBroker

Esther
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

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$18,000-$27,000 Value Indicator

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$12,500-$19,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 25

Year: 1991

Size: H 43cm x W 39cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Lucian Freud’s Esther (signed), an etching from 1991, is estimated to be worth between £10,000 and £15,000. Over the past five years, the hammer price ranges from £6,945 in July 2020 to £12,026 in May 2023. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 2%. This work is somewhat rare, having been sold 12 times since its entry to the market in February 2012. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 25.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
May 2023Smith & Singer, Woollahra Australia
October 2022Christie's London United Kingdom
July 2020Phillips London United Kingdom
September 2018Christie's London United Kingdom
May 2014Sotheby's New York United States
February 2012Christie's London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

One of Freud's 14 acknowledged children, Esther Freud is one of the artist's daughters who returned to sit for her father throughout his career. For his children, sitting for Freud was a way to achieve a closer bond with their somewhat distant father. As Esther said herself: "I sat for him when I was 16 ... That's how I got to know him. We'd never lived in the same city before." Within this particular portrait of Esther, we see the tender relationship between father and daughter realised during lengthy sittings and Freud's beady-eyed observation.

Quite unlike the more frantic mark-making used for portraits of Esther's sister, Bella, Esther's portrait is described with more subtle hatching. Esther gazes down and out of the composition, giving the impression of Freud's intimate gaze on his own daughter. The cropped composition makes her face the focal point of the work, acting almost like a window into her unique character.

  • 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.

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