Lucian Freud
Head and Shoulders of a Girl
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 17.920 GBP
Price realised: 17.920 GBP
Description
Lucian Freud (British, 1922-2011)
Head and Shoulders of a Girl (Hartley 41; Figura 32)
Etching, 1990, on Somerset Satin white wove paper, signed with the initials and numbered 12/50 in pencil (there were also ten artist's proofs), co-published by James Kirkman, London, and Brooke Alexander, New York, the full sheet, framed
Plate 690 x 545mm (27 1/8 x 21 1/2in)
Sheet 780 x 628mm (30 3/4 x 24 3/4in)
Rex Irwin, Woollahra, NSW. | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Head and Shoulders of a Girl (Hartley 41; Figura 32)
Etching, 1990, on Somerset Satin white wove paper, signed with the initials and numbered 12/50 in pencil (there were also ten artist's proofs), co-published by James Kirkman, London, and Brooke Alexander, New York, the full sheet, framed
Plate 690 x 545mm (27 1/8 x 21 1/2in)
Sheet 780 x 628mm (30 3/4 x 24 3/4in)
Rex Irwin, Woollahra, NSW. | Acquired directly from the above by the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Head and Shoulders of a Girl by Lucian Freud was sold in the Prints and Multiples auction at Bonhams in London in December this year. The price achieved of GBP 17,920.00 (€ 20,643.15) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 15,000.00 – 20,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Lucian Freud achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau) in November last year with an auction result of USD 86,265,000.00 (€ 83,565,823.89).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Head and Shoulders of a Girl von Lucian Freud wurde im Dezember diesen Jahres in der Auktion Prints and Multiples bei Bonhams in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 17.920,00 (€ 20.643,15) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 15.000,00 – 20.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Lucian Freud erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau) im November letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 86.265.000,00 (€ 83.565.823,89).
Lucian Freud - Auction history
