Lucian Freud: 1996-2005 (Mint First Edition)

Lucian Freud (artist); Sebastian Smee (introduction)

ISBN 10: 0307262987 / ISBN 13: 9780307262981

Published by Knopf, New York, 2005

About this Item

First printing. A new copy in a new jacket. A pristine unread copy. Very fine/Very fine in all respects. Purchased new and never opened. No defects, bruises smells, etc. A perfect copy, in archival-quality mylar dust jacket wrapper. Price ($75.00) intact on front flap. This volume contains paintings and works on paper created from 1996-2005, including nudes, horses, portraits, and a previously unpublished self-portrait. 196 pages. Many color prints. The painter Lucian Freud, grandson of Sigmund. Most of the paintings and drawings in this marvelous collection are of the human body, as well as many paitnings of his dogs; there are a number of landscapes and portraits, including the painter's controversial portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The reproductions are of unusually high quality; Freud's highly worked and pebbled surfaces seem to stand out from the page. You cannot find a better copy. Ferry-Art.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lucian Freud: 1996-2005 (Mint First Edition)
• Publisher: Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307262987
• ISBN 13: 9780307262981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

Now in his eighties, Lucian Freud has been described as the greatest and the only significant realist painter of our time, and this study focuses on the paintings and works on paper he has created in the last nine years.

From the Publisher

The second volume in the definitive publishing of Lucian Freud. The third volume, already under contract, will be Work on Paper and will cover all his prints and drawings. This second volume covers all the work from the last ten years and includes nearly everything he has produced.