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Head of Ali - Signed Print by Lucian Freud 1999 - MyArtBroker

Head of Ali
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

£4,500-£6,500Value Indicator

$9,000-$13,000 Value Indicator

$8,000-$11,500 Value Indicator

¥40,000-¥60,000 Value Indicator

5,500-7,500 Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

¥870,000-¥1,250,000 Value Indicator

$5,500-$8,000 Value Indicator

-13% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 46

Year: 1999

Size: H 58cm x W 42cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Lucian Freud’s signed etching, Head of Ali, created in 1999, is estimated to be worth between £4,500 and £6,500. This artwork has an auction history of four total sales since its initial sale on 26th January 2007. The average annual growth rate of this work is -13%. 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
October 2023Christie's New York United States
October 2015Phillips London United Kingdom
February 2012Christie's London United Kingdom
January 2007Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Alexander ("Ali") Boyt is Lucian Freud's eldest son, and one of the artist's children who returned to sit for his father throughout his career. Ali is one of four children Freud had with fellow-artist Suzy Boyt, and is the half-brother of Suzy's son Kai, who Freud considered his "stepson". As the portraits in our Family collection of Freud's work reveal, he clearly had a particular connection with Suzy and the children he had with her.

Freud depicted Ali throughout the different phases of his life, and Head Of Ali pictures his son as a mature man. True to his unflinchingly honest approach to portraiture, Freud has exaggerated every wrinkle and fold of flesh on his son's face. Looking outside the frame of the etching to the right, Ali is depicted with a serious and contemplative gaze, making the familial resemblance between father and son all the more evident.

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