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LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Lemon
Details
LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Lemon
oil on board
6 x 9 5/8in. (15.3 x 24.5cm.)
Painted in 1946-1947
Lemon
oil on board
6 x 9 5/8in. (15.3 x 24.5cm.)
Painted in 1946-1947
Provenance
Ian Gibson-Smith, London.
Piccadilly Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 1969).
Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Keith Lichtenstein, London.
Simon Sainsbury, London (acquired from the above in 1971).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Piccadilly Gallery, London (acquired from the above in 1969).
Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Keith Lichtenstein, London.
Simon Sainsbury, London (acquired from the above in 1971).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
B. Bernard and D. Birdsall (eds.), Lucian Freud, New York 1996, p. 352, no. 55 (illustrated in colour, p. 83).
G. Aloi, Lucian Freud Herbarium, New York 2019, p. 98 (illustrated in colour, p. 99).
W. Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922-1968, London 2019, pp. 240 and 250.
C. Lampert and T. Treves (eds.), Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. 2, London 2025, p. 112, no. 54 (illustrated in colour, p. 113).
G. Aloi, Lucian Freud Herbarium, New York 2019, p. 98 (illustrated in colour, p. 99).
W. Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922-1968, London 2019, pp. 240 and 250.
C. Lampert and T. Treves (eds.), Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. 2, London 2025, p. 112, no. 54 (illustrated in colour, p. 113).
Exhibited
London, London Gallery, Recent Paintings and Drawings by John Craxton and Lucian Freud, 1947, no. 33.
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Anna Touzin
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