Lucian Freud - Portraits

Howgate, Sarah et al.

ISBN 10: 1855144417 / ISBN 13: 9781855144415

Edité par National Portrait Gallery, London, 2012

A propos de cet article

Grey hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Fine, with just a faint hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 256pp. 114 colour plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of portraits by Lucian Freud (1922-2011) held at the National Portrait Gallery, London from 9 February to 28 May 2012 which then toured to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas from 2 July to 28 October the same year. The book includes essays by Sarah Howgate and Michael Auping, an illustrated chronology of Freud's life and career, and a revealing piece by Freud's life-long friend, the art historian and biographer of Picasso, John Richardson. A series of previously unpublished interviews with the artist, conducted by Michael Auping between May 2009 and January 2011, also reveal Freud's thoughts on the complex relationsihip between artist and sitter.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Lucian Freud - Portraits
• Éditeur: National Portrait Gallery, London
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1855144417
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781855144415
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • British Art (20th/21st Century)

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Synopsis

This new survey of Freud's portraits and figure paintings explores his work across seven decades, from the early 1940s to his death in 2011. Includes over 130 paintings, drawings and etchings

À propos de l?auteur

Sarah Howgate, Curator of Contemporary Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Her previous exhibitions include David Hockney Portraits, a retrospective of the artist's works at the National Portrait Gallery, London, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.|Michael Auping, Chief Curator at the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth. He is well known as a curator and scholar of Abstract Expressionism. His conversations with artists have been published as 30 Years: Interviews and Outtakes.|John Richardson, a friend of Lucian Freud and author of A Life of Picasso.