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Two Men In The Studio - Signed Print by Lucian Freud 1989 - MyArtBroker

Two Men In The Studio
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 25

Year: 1989

Size: H 40cm x W 36cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Lucian Freud’s Two Men In The Studio (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,100 and £6,000. This etching from 1989 is a rare artwork with an auction history of four total sales since its entry to the market on 15th 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
Sotheby's London United Kingdom
October 2023Phillips New York United States
May 2017Shapiro Auctioneers Australia
October 2015Phillips London United Kingdom
November 2014Van Ham Fine Art Auctions Germany
February 2012Christie's London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Angus Cook, a filmmaker who Freud clearly took a liking to, sat for the artist over the period of 1985-90, and is the subject of at least seven paintings and seven etchings. Like his other etchings of Cook, like Man Posing and Naked Man On Bed, this particular etching was produced alongside a painting with a similar composition. The fact that Freud decided to produce etchings alongside his painted portraits of Cook is testament to his preoccupation with the sitter. For Freud, it didn't particularly matter whether his sitter was male or female. Of prime important to him was engaging with his sitter on a deeply psychological level, so that he could truly understand and therefore represent them.

Though Freud rarely depicted men in his Naked Portraits, Two Men In The Studio is testament to his ability to capture his sitters with blunt honesty and psychological depth. Though the bodily proportions here aren't as biologically accurate as we might expect from Freud, he still captures the confident character of his sitter with great attention to detail.

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