Freud'un Otoportresi 2.8 Milyon Sterline Satıldı
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Freud self-portrait sold for £2.8m
02/11/2010 13:22:21
FreudSelf-portrait Sold For £2.8m - Freud'un Otoportresi 2.8 Milyon Sterline Satıldı
By Paula Fentiman, Press Association
Thursday, 11 February 2010
A self-portrait of Lucian Freud nursing ablack eyeafter apunch upwith a taxi driver sold for more than £2.8 million when it went under the hammer.
Sotheby's described the rediscovered oil oncanvasSelf-Portrait With A Black Eye,circa1978, as "the artist's most important self-depiction ever to appear atauction".
The auctioneer revealed the painting sold for £2,841,250. This was under the estimate of £3 million to £4 million.
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Suffering for his art, Freud was said to have retreated to his studio rather than seektreatment- using hiscrumpled,swollenfeatures as theinspirationfor the important new work.
The painting was included in Sotheby's London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art last night. The portrait, which had not been displayed before in public, was the starlotin a group of works by Freud which have been in a private European collection.
Sotheby's said it had never been recorded in the published literature on Freud, having remained in the same collection for more than 30 years.
The artist, now 87, previously discussed his habit of getting intoscrapes, saying: "I used to have a lot of fights. It wasn't because I liked fighting, it was really just that people said things to me to which I felt the only reply was to hit them."
Other artists who have famously recorded their injuries include Vincent Van Gogh, who painted his Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear.
Freud'un Otoportresi 2.8 Milyon Sterline Satıldı - Freud self-portrait sold for £2.8m
FreudSelf-portrait Sold For £2.8m - Freud'un Otoportresi 2.8 Milyon Sterline Satıldı
By Paula Fentiman, Press Association
Thursday, 11 February 2010
A self-portrait of Lucian Freud nursing ablack eyeafter apunch upwith a taxi driver sold for more than £2.8 million when it went under the hammer.
Sotheby's described the rediscovered oil oncanvasSelf-Portrait With A Black Eye,circa1978, as "the artist's most important self-depiction ever to appear atauction".
The auctioneer revealed the painting sold for £2,841,250. This was under the estimate of £3 million to £4 million.
...
Suffering for his art, Freud was said to have retreated to his studio rather than seektreatment- using hiscrumpled,swollenfeatures as theinspirationfor the important new work.
The painting was included in Sotheby's London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art last night. The portrait, which had not been displayed before in public, was the starlotin a group of works by Freud which have been in a private European collection.
Sotheby's said it had never been recorded in the published literature on Freud, having remained in the same collection for more than 30 years.
The artist, now 87, previously discussed his habit of getting intoscrapes, saying: "I used to have a lot of fights. It wasn't because I liked fighting, it was really just that people said things to me to which I felt the only reply was to hit them."
Other artists who have famously recorded their injuries include Vincent Van Gogh, who painted his Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear.
The sale price includes the buyer's premium.
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