The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Signed Print
Lucian Freud
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56 x 65cm, Edition of 46, Etching
Medium: Etching
Edition size: 46
Year: 2006
Size: H 56cm x W 65cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: April 2025
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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.
