Christie’s auction house presented this Thursday in London “Ria, Naked Portrait”, a little-known painting by the British painter Lucian Freudan artist who died in 2011, which will be auctioned for the first time on the night of October 9.
The specialists They valued the piece between 10 to 15 million pounds (between 13 and 19.6 million dollars). As Anna Touzin of Christie’s told AFP, this is “a masterpiece” by the painter born in Berlin in 1922.
“It took him 16 months to paint his model. She posed for him almost every day for about five hours. This painting is the fruit of a long process“said the expert.
Who is Lucian Freud, the painter of “Ria, Naked Portrait”
This is the grandson of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freudwho is considered one of the greatest British figurative painters of the 20th century. He became known for his crude nudes and self-portraits, where he shows without any concessions flaccid breasts or obese bellies.
The curator expressed that the artist “showed people what they are like”“, and that is why “there is no artist like him.”
The work “Ria, Naked Portrait”follows that line of the unadorned representation of the middle-aged female body.
This will not be the first work by Freud to be auctioned, since in 2015 the nude “Benefits Supervisor Resting” (1994) sold for more than $56 million. In 2022, “Large Interior, W11” It sold for a record $86 million.
On this occasion his work will also be auctioned “Head of a woman”, estimated between 3 and 5 million pounds. In addition, some works by Marc Chagall, Berthe Morisot, William de Kooning or Jeff Koons.
These paintings will be on public display at Christie’s until October 9.
Source: Ambito
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