A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for 13.9 million pounds ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to ...
Freud, considered one of Britain's greatest portrait artists, took 16 months to paint the work, with the subject -- Ria Kirby -- sitting virtually every day for up to five hours. "So a really long ...
A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for £13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to market.
While the press and the fair-going public may be captivated by the art world’s simmering rivalry between Paris and London, dealers at Frieze London seemed unconcerned.