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After Constable's Elm - Signed Print by Lucian Freud 2003 - MyArtBroker

After Constable's Elm
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

£10,500-£16,000Value Indicator

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48 x 36cm, Edition of 46, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 46

Year: 2003

Size: H 48cm x W 36cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: September 2023

Value Trend:

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
September 2023
Christie's London
United Kingdom
$19,000
$22,000
$28,000
April 2017
Sotheby's New York
United States
March 2016
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
October 2015
Phillips London
United Kingdom
September 2013
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
February 2012
Christie's London
United Kingdom
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The value of Lucian Freud’s After Constable's Elm (signed) is estimated to be worth between £10,500 and £16,000. This etching print from 2003 has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This work has an auction history of six total sales since its entry to the market in February 2012. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £9,000 in July 2019 to £15,300 in April 2021. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 46.

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Meaning & Analysis

Both famed artists in their own lifetimes, John Constable and Lucian Freud have more than their celebrity artist status in common. When curating a retrospective exhibition of Constable's work in 2002, Freud embedded his own works into the show to reveal the influence of the British painter on his work. Separated by over a century in time, the artists of course have their differences. Constable was a trained Romantic and dedicated landscape painter. Freud's work, on the other hand, is sometimes unpleasant in its realism and he focused primarily on portraits. However, one landscape by Constable entranced Freud throughout his artistic career. After witnessing Constable's Study Of The Trunk Of An Elm Tree, Freud attempted to mimic the work as a student to no avail. For the purpose of this 2002 exhibition however, he returned to the subject and executed it with a maturity and mastery of line so distinct to Freud.

John Constable once said: "I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, light shade, and perspective always make it beautiful." Indeed, Freud often depicted people and places with a painstaking realism, finding beauty in what other artists might have omitted. After Constable's Elm reveals Freud's unique ability to convey light, shade, and perspective with line and black ink alone.

  • 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.