Ib 1984

Year1984

Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil 

Condition Excellent 

Not Framed 

Purchased fromAuction House 2022 

Story / Additional InfoLucian Freud (1922 - 2011)
Title: Ib
Medium: Original Etching, 1984, on Arches White paper, signed by the artist with initials in pencil, with 3 deckle edges.
Size: image: 11½ h × 11½ w in (29.3 × 29.5 cm); Sheet: 22¼ h × 20½ w in (57 × 53 cm)
Note: The sitter is Isabel Boyt (b.1960), one of the artist's daughters by Suzy Boys. He had first painted her when she was a child in “Large Interior, Paddington”. Later she was the subject of a painting “Ib (1977/8 Cleveland Museum of Art). Further paintings followed including Ib and her husband (1992 - Private Collection) and Ib reading (1997), several drawings and two more prints. An even grey tone was used for the whole image, apart from the face, which is lighter. In addition to the usual hatching, cross hatching, directional and cross contour line. There is some outline in the shoulder and extensive use off scribble.
Literature: Tony Treves: Lucien Freud Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints: Number 31 Figura, 2007 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID154823

Lucian Freud - Germany

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