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Lucian Freud

The New Yorker Signed Print

The New Yorker

Lucian Freud

The New Yorker
Signed Print

Name: The New Yorker
Brand: Lucian Freud
Rating: 5 (233 reviews)

Lucian Freud

£8,500-£12,500Value Indicator

$18,000-$26,000 Value Indicator

$16,000-$23,000 Value Indicator

¥80,000-¥120,000 Value Indicator

€10,000-€14,500 Value Indicator

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¥1,610,000-¥2,360,000 Value Indicator

$11,500-$17,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 46

Year: 2006

Size: H 56cm x W 65cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Lucian Freud’s The New Yorker (signed) is estimated to be worth between £8,500 and £12,500. This etching print, created in 2006, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 5%. This work has an auction history of five total sales since its entry to the market in February 2012. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £6,371, across two total sales. In the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £5,115 in October 2024 to £10,141 in October 2021. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 46.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
April 2025	Wright	United States
October 2024	BYDealers Auction House	Canada
October 2021	Phillips New York	United States
September 2019	Sotheby's London	United Kingdom
April 2018	Sotheby's New York	United States
February 2012	Christie's London	United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The New Yorker (2006) is an etching by Lucian Freud that presents an older man in close-up detail. The face fills the frame; creased, unsmiling, and alert behind a pair of glasses. Freud’s dense, directional linework lends the portrait a quiet intensity, drawing attention to the sitter’s wary expression and the personality etched into his features.

Though stripped of colour and context, Lucian Freud's The New Yorker holds a sense of psychological weight that’s typical of the artist's work. The sitter is shown with little adornment, yet the tension in the eyes and mouth suggests an inner life that resists easy interpretation. Freud treats the surface of the face like terrain, mapping it through marks that are as much about presence as appearance. As with much of his printed work, this piece sits alongside his paintings in its preoccupation with the act of looking, and being looked at.

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.

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