e journalist Emily Bearn was the subject of this etching.
She was also the sitter for several paintings between 2001 and 2002.
PROVENANCE
e Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private collection
Osborne Samuel, London
EXHIBITIONS
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud: e Painter's Etchings,
16 Dec 2007 – 10 Mar 2008 (another impression exh.)
LITERATURE
Starr Figura 61, Sebastian Smee 44
T. Treves, Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, Modern Art Press, London, 2022, p. 239, no. 96 (ill.)
exh. cat. Lucian Freud: e Painter's Etchings, MoMA, New York, 2007, p. 92 (another impression ill.)
Portrait Head, 2001
Etching on Somerset Textured paper
Initialed 'L.F', lower right; numbered from the edition of 46 plus 12 AP, lower left
59.7 x 47.3 cm (23 ½ x 18 ⅝ in)
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