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Head Of Ali - Signed Print by Lucian Freud 1999 - MyArtBroker

Head Of Ali
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

£4,900-£7,500Value Indicator

$10,000-$16,000 Value Indicator

$9,000-$14,000 Value Indicator

¥50,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator

€5,500-€9,000 Value Indicator

$50,000-$80,000 Value Indicator

¥930,000-¥1,420,000 Value Indicator

$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator

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58 x 42cm, Edition of 46, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 46

Year: 1999

Size: H 58cm x W 42cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: April 2025

Value Trend:

-13% AAGR

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
April 2025
Wright
United States
$4,250
$5,000
$6,500
October 2023
Christie's New York
United States
October 2015
Phillips London
United Kingdom
February 2012
Christie's London
United Kingdom
January 2007
Lyon & Turnbull Edinburgh
United Kingdom
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Lucian Freud's Head Of Ali (signed) from 1999 is a rare etching, with an estimated value of £4,900 to £7,500. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 9%. The edition size of this piece is limited to 46. This work has an auction history of 5 total sales since its entry to the market in January 2007. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £3,813, with 1 work sold. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £3,299 in October 2023 to £3,813 in April 2025. The average return to the seller during this period was £3,022.

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Meaning & Analysis

Alexander ("Ali") Boyt is Lucian Freud's eldest son, and one of the artist's children who returned to sit for his father throughout his career. Ali is one of four children Freud had with fellow-artist Suzy Boyt, and is the half-brother of Suzy's son Kai, who Freud considered his "stepson". As the portraits in our Family collection of Freud's work reveal, he clearly had a particular connection with Suzy and the children he had with her.

Freud depicted Ali throughout the different phases of his life, and Head Of Ali pictures his son as a mature man. True to his unflinchingly honest approach to portraiture, Freud has exaggerated every wrinkle and fold of flesh on his son's face. Looking outside the frame of the etching to the right, Ali is depicted with a serious and contemplative gaze, making the familial resemblance between father and son all the more evident.

  • 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.