Clarendon Crescent, Paddington

細節

Lucian Freud (b. 1922)
Clarendon Crescent, Paddington
inscribed 'Clarendon Crecent Paddington' (upper centre)
pencil, colour crayons, pen and black ink on paper
13½ x 9¾in. (34.3 x 24.8cm.)
Executed 2 June 1953

來源

Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Clarendon Crescent, Paddington, was executed on 2 June 1953, during the celebrations of the occasion of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Ten years earlier, in 1943, Freud had moved into a flat in Delamere Terrace, Paddington, a street typically inhabited by costermongers, villains and thieves, who guarded their women fiercely and were frequently involved in drunken street fights over the weekends. In this bustling depiction of the street celebrations, Freud lends these rogues a charming air reflecting his interest in the area's diverse selection of characters. At some point, Freud had changed the ink inscription to Clarendon Crescent from the original Amberley Road, a similar terrace off Harrow Road. Clarendon Crescent was subsequently demolished in the slum clearances during the 1960s.