Head on a Green Sofa
| Head on a Green Sofa | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Lucian Freud |
| Year | 1960-1961 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 91.5 cm × 91.5 cm (36.0 in × 36.0 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
Head on a Green Sofa is an oil painting by Lucian Freud executed in 1960-1961. It is held in a private collection.
It is a portrait of Lady Lambton, wife of Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton, 6th Earl of Durham. She is shown reclined in a couch, apparently sleeping or resting. It was sold at Sotheby's, London, 12 February 2014 by its then owner Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, for £2,994,500.[1][2][3]
Citations
- ^ "Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction London 12 Feb 2014" (PDF). Sotheby's. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ Furness, Hannah. "Lord Lambton's son to sell £3.5m Lucian Freud painting of his mother after inheritance row settled". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
- ^ "Paintings by Richter and Freud to be sold by Sotheby's". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
Bibliography
- Lawrence Gowing. Lucian Freud, London 1982, p. 121, no. 95, illustrated.
- Exhibition Catalogue, Rome, Palazzo Ruspoli, Lucian Freud: Dipinti e opera su carta 1940-1991, 1991, p. 22, illustrated.
- Robert Hughes, Lucian Freud Paintings, London 1993, p. 22, illustrated in colour.
- Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall, Eds. Lucian Freud, London 1996, no. 96, illustrated in colour.