Sale 7063
London
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29 June 2005
Price realised
GBP 3,600
Estimate
Lucian Freud Two Men in the Studio (H. 39) etching, 1989, on wove paper, signed with initials in pencil, inscribed 'I J from', an artist's proof aside from the edition of 25 (Hartley records a small, unspecified number of artist's proofs), published by J. Kirkman and B. Alexander, New York, with margins, a deckle edge below, a short faint crease at the upper right sheet corner, two small skinned spots due to former mounting at the lower corners verso, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 227 x 203 mm., S. 268 x 242 mm.
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