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Pluto Aged Twelve
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 46

Year: 2000

Size: H 57cm x W 73cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Lucian Freud's Pluto Aged Twelve, a signed etching from 2000, is estimated to be worth between £40,000 and £60,000. This artwork has an impressive auction history, having been sold 11 times at auction since its initial sale on 15th February 2012. The hammer price in the last five years has remained consistent, demonstrating an average annual growth rate of 0%. The edition size of this piece is limited to 46.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
April 2021Christie's London United Kingdom
March 2019Sotheby's London United Kingdom
September 2017Christie's London United Kingdom
June 2016Sotheby's London United Kingdom
October 2015Phillips London United Kingdom
July 2014Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
February 2012Christie's London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Gifted to Freud by a close friend in 1988, Pluto became one of Freud's most cherished companions and an important presence in his studio. While his 1988 etching Pluto portrays the whippet as a young pup, Pluto Aged Twelve is a poignant image of the adored pet towards the end of his life. When compared with this earlier representation, Pluto appears rather fragile in this 2000 etching, with a tearful glint in his eye and a hand reaching down to comfort him.

Though Freud had many pet dogs throughout his life, Pluto seems to have been his favourite. So vital was Pluto in Freud's personal life that his daughter, fashion designer Bella Freud, used the dog as her mascot for her eponymous fashion label, as we see in Bella In Her Pluto Shirt. After Pluto's death, Freud was left so distraught that he bought a new whippet, Eli, for his studio assistant and good friend David Dawson, who remained in Freud's studio until the artist's death.

  • 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.