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Ib - Signed Print by Lucian Freud 1984 - MyArtBroker

Ib
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

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57 x 53cm, Edition of 50, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 50

Year: 1984

Size: H 57cm x W 53cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: June 2022

Value Trend:

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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
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June 2022
Wright
United States
£4,134
£4,863
£6,079
September 2015
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
April 2014
Phillips New York
United States
April 2014
Bonhams San Francisco
United States
October 2011
Phillips New York
United States
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The value of Lucian Freud’s Ib (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,750 and £7,000. This etching print, created in 1984, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in October 2011. In the last 12 months, the artwork has not been sold. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £3,760 in October 2017 to £5,010 in February 2021. The current average annual growth rate is -12%. This work is part of a limited edition of 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

Isobel ("Ib") Boyt, daughter to Freud and Suzy Boyt, is one of the artist's children who returned to sit for her father throughout his career. However, as Ib herself has remarked, this was sometimes done reluctantly: "Each time I did a picture with him I swore I'd never do it again, but then I do because it is a way of having a relationship with my dad as well as there is a part of me that if he wants to paint me I am quite flattered." Given his reputation as maverick artist and salacious womaniser, it is no suprise that Freud was a somewhat distant father. However, when his children gave him the opportunity to paint, etch, and simply observe them, Freud revealed the unbreakable bond between them in spite of their tensions.

Ib is the product of a year-long project between Freud and his daughter. The composition of the etching is strikingly similar to a painted rendition titled Head Of Ib, executed 1983-84. Ib presents us with the mirror-image of the painting, but focuses solely on her monochrome portrait, rather than detailing her surroundings. Freud is well-known for the lengthy sitting process he subjected his models to, and would often create etchings after a painting because he had become so familiar with the sitter's appearance and behaviour. Like the painting that inspired this etching, Ib portrays the sitter with her eyes barely open as though on the brink of sleep. Even though the pair certainly had a difficult relationship at times, Ib reveals the peculiar intimacy realised under the gaze of Freud, who observed her as both artist and father.

  • 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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