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Blonde Girl - Signed Print by Lucian Freud 1985 - MyArtBroker

Blonde Girl
Signed Print

Lucian Freud

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88 x 71cm, Edition of 50, Etching

Medium: Etching

Edition size: 50

Year: 1985

Size: H 88cm x W 71cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: December 2023

Value Trend:

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
December 2023
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
£10,200
£12,000
£15,360
May 2023
Dorotheum, Vienna
Austria
December 2018
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
June 2018
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
October 2017
Phillips New York
United States
September 2017
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
March 2017
Sotheby's New York
United States
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The value of Lucian Freud’s Blonde Girl (signed) is estimated to be worth between £8,000 and £12,000. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. Over the past 12 months, there have been no sales. However, within the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £12,000 in December 2023 to £22,096 in May 2023. This work is a rare etching from 1985 and is part of a limited edition of 50.

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Meaning & Analysis

Though he was not always an avid depicter of nudes, Lucian Freud increasingly turned his attention to what he referred to as Naked Portraits from the mid-1960s. These works are less grounded in a voyeuristic perception of the female nude, but more-so in Freud's view that every single facet of the sitter's body was as important as their face in a portrait. In Blond Girl, Freud has built intense tonality around the sitter's face, highlighting her pensive expression. This detailing of expression is extended to her body, as he pays particular attention to the way her arm rests on an invisible surface.

Though the identity of this unnamed sitter is unknown, we can observe in Blond Girl a psychological bond between sitter and artist so typical of Freud's work. By observing his subjects for sometimes hundreds of hours, Freud truly understood the behaviour of his sitters and connected with them through conversation and his unwavering gaze.

  • 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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