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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Boy on a Balcony
Details
LUCIAN FREUD (1922-2011)
Boy on a Balcony
signed and dated 'LUCIAN FREUD MARCH 43' (upper right)
graphite, coloured pencil and crayon on paper
21 x 14in. (53.3 x 35.5cm.)
Executed in 1943
Boy on a Balcony
signed and dated 'LUCIAN FREUD MARCH 43' (upper right)
graphite, coloured pencil and crayon on paper
21 x 14in. (53.3 x 35.5cm.)
Executed in 1943
Provenance
A gift from the artist to the present owner circa 1971.
Literature
L. Gowing, Lucian Freud, London 1982, p. 222, no. 13 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated, p. 31).
B. Bernard and D. Birdsall (eds.), Lucian Freud, New York 1996, p. 352, no. 39 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 65).
W. Feaver, Lucian Freud, New York 2007, p. 470, no. 32 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 69).
M. Holborn (ed.), Lucian Freud on paper, London 2008, p. 260, no. 60 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 106).
M. Gayford, Lucian Freud, Vol. 1, London 2018, p. 323 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 104).
W. Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922-68, London 2019, p. 177.
M. Gayford, Lucian Freud, London 2022, p. 608 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 104).
B. Bernard and D. Birdsall (eds.), Lucian Freud, New York 1996, p. 352, no. 39 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 65).
W. Feaver, Lucian Freud, New York 2007, p. 470, no. 32 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 69).
M. Holborn (ed.), Lucian Freud on paper, London 2008, p. 260, no. 60 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 106).
M. Gayford, Lucian Freud, Vol. 1, London 2018, p. 323 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 104).
W. Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922-68, London 2019, p. 177.
M. Gayford, Lucian Freud, London 2022, p. 608 (dated ‘1944’; illustrated in colour, p. 104).
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery, Lucian Freud, 1974, no. 25 (dated '1944'; illustrated, p. 44). This exhibition later travelled to Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery; Birmingham, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery and Leeds, Leeds City Museum and Art Gallery.
London, Hayward Gallery, Lucian Freud: Works on Paper, 1988-1989, p. 123, no. 21 (dated '1944'; illustrated in colour, p. 45). This exhibition later travelled to Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; Edinburgh, The Fruitmarket Gallery; Hull, Ferens Art Gallery; Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery; Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
London, Tate Britain, Lucian Freud, 2002-2003, pp. 64 and 219, no. 12 (dated '1944'; illustrated in colour, p. 65).
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting, 2026, no. 38 (dated '1944'; illustrated in colour, p. 48). This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
London, Hayward Gallery, Lucian Freud: Works on Paper, 1988-1989, p. 123, no. 21 (dated '1944'; illustrated in colour, p. 45). This exhibition later travelled to Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; Edinburgh, The Fruitmarket Gallery; Hull, Ferens Art Gallery; Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery; Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
London, Tate Britain, Lucian Freud, 2002-2003, pp. 64 and 219, no. 12 (dated '1944'; illustrated in colour, p. 65).
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting, 2026, no. 38 (dated '1944'; illustrated in colour, p. 48). This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
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