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Lucian Freud Sells for $29.8 M. at Sotheby’s, New Record in London
The all-time record for a work by the artist stands at $56.2 million.
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Britain Receives Lucian Freud Self-Portrait In Lieu Of Inheritance Tax
The Guardian reports today that "an intense" and never-before-seen self-portrait by Lucian Freud is set to be shown at London's National Portrait Gallery, the artist's estate having bequeathed it to…
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A Portrait of Lucian Freud: Interview with Phoebe Hoban
Written by New York-based writer Phoebe Hoban, Lucian Freud: Eyes Wide Open uncovers many little-known aspects of the artist's turbulent life and…
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Massive Art Theft in Rotterdam
Works by Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Henri Matisse were among seven paintings stolen in an early-morning heist at Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum in the Netherlands. The theft occurred around 3a.m. lo…
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Unplanned Freud Tribute at the Met
A month ago, with no fanfare or press release and little signage to speak of, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art installed 17 major oil paintings by the British figurative master Lucian Freud. Th…
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Lucian Freud, 1922-2011
Lucian Freud, painter of fleshy figures and probing portraits, died last night in London, age 88. Along with Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff, Freud has long been considered one of Bri…
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Sotheby’s London to Sell Modern British Masters this Spring
Sotheby's recently announced a special evening sale of the Evill/Frost Collection in London, on June 15. An extraordinary group of 20th-century classics by Henry Moore, Lucian Freud, Stanley Spencer…
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