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Night Interior

Lucian Freud

Night Interior , 1968 (Executed)

Lot #106 | 2023-06-27 | Sotheby's, London
Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture


Category:

Painting

Estimate:

GBP 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 (currency of sale)
USD 10,240,000 - 15,360,000 (approx.)

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Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L23006
Auction name: Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, featuring Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2023-06-27
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
Dimensions: 50.8 by 50.8 cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters: 50.8
Width In Centimeters: 50.8
Height In Inches: 20
Width In Inches: 20
Year notes: Executed in 1968.
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London Garech Browne, Ireland (acquired from the above in 1970) Charles Saatchi, London (acquired from the above circa 1990) Acquired from the above in 1992 by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Anthony d'Offay, Lucian Freud, Recent Paintings, 1972, n.p., no. 7, illustrated London, Hayward Gallery; Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery; Birmingham, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery; Leeds, Leeds City Museum and Art Gallery, Lucian Freud , January – June 1974, p. 51, no. 116, illustrated London, The Saatchi Gallery, Auerbach, Deacon, Freud, Hodgkin, Kitaj, Kossoff, November 1989 – November 1990 Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud , 2007 – 2008, p. 125, illustrated in colour Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Lucian Freud. L’Atelier , March – July 2010, p. 89, illustrated in colour
Literature
William Feaver, "Stranded Dinosaurs," London Magazine , 1 July 1970, pp. 96-7, illustrated (erroneously titled Nocturne) Michael Sheperd, Arts Review , Vol. 24, no. 21, 21 October 1972, p. 651, illustrated (erroneously titled Naked Girl in Chair ) Robert Melville, "The Art of Being Literal," Architectural Review , December 1972, p. 351, illustrated Keith Roberts, "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London," Burlington Magazine , December 1972, p. 847, no. 117, illustrated (erroneously titled Naked Girl in Chair – Night ) Lawrence Gowing, Lucian Freud, London, 1982, p. 121, illustrated Alistair Hicks, New British Art in the Saatchi Collection , London, 1989, n.p., no. 19, illustrated in colour Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall, Eds., Lucian Freud, London, 1996, n.p., no. 130, illustrated in colour William Feaver, Lucian Freud , New York, 2007, n.p., no. 139, illustrated in colour Edward Booth-Clibborn, Ed., The History of the Saatchi Gallery , p. 242, illustrated in colour Martin Gayford, Lucian Freud, New York, 2018, p. 281, illustrated in colour
Catalog summary
Britain's Visionaries: Masterpieces from a Distinguished Private Collection Lucian Freud 1922 - 2011 Night Interior oil on canvas 50.8 by 50.8 cm. 20 by 20 in. framed: 61.9 by 61.9 cm. 24⅜ by 24⅜ in. Executed in 1968-69. --------------------------------------------------- 不列顛之境:知名私人收藏 盧西安・弗洛伊德 1922 - 2011 年 《夜晚的屋裡》 油彩畫布 50.8 x 50.8 公分;20 x 20 英寸 連框:61.9 x 61.9 公分;24⅜ x 24⅜ 英寸 1968-70年作 Provenance Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London Garech Browne, Ireland (acquired from the above in 1970) Charles Saatchi, London (acquired from the above circa 1990) Acquired from the above in 1992 by the present owner. Literature William Feaver, "Stranded Dinosaurs," London Magazine , 1 July 1970, pp. 96-7, illustrated (erroneously titled Nocturne) Michael Sheperd, Arts Review , Vol. 24, no. 21, 21 October 1972, p. 651, illustrated (erroneously titled Naked Girl in Chair ) Robert Melville, "The Art of Being Literal," Architectural Review , December 1972, p. 351, illustrated Keith Roberts, "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London," Burlington Magazine , December 1972, p. 847, no. 117, illustrated (erroneously titled Naked Girl in Chair – Night ) Lawrence Gowing, Lucian Freud, London, 1982, p. 121, illustrated Alistair Hicks, New British Art in the Saatchi Collection , London, 1989, n.p., no. 19, illustrated in colour Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall, Eds., Lucian Freud, London, 1996, n.p., no. 130, illustrated in colour William Feaver, Lucian Freud , New York, 2007, n.p., no. 139, illustrated in colour Edward Booth-Clibborn, Ed., The History of the Saatchi Gallery , p. 242, illustrated in colour Martin Gayford, Lucian Freud, New York, 2018, p. 281, illustrated in colour Exhibited London, Anthony d'Offay, Lucian Freud, Recent Paintings, 1972, n.p., no. 7, illustrated London, Hayward Gallery; Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery; Birmingham, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery; Leeds, Leeds City Museum and Art Gallery, Lucian Freud , January – June 1974, p. 51, no. 116, illustrated London, The Saatchi Gallery, Auerbach, Deacon, Freud, Hodgkin, Kitaj, Kossoff, November 1989 – November 1990 Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud , 2007 – 2008, p. 125, illustrated in colour Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Lucian Freud. L’Atelier , March – July 2010, p. 89, illustrated in colour
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