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Large Head
1993
Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud (British, 1922–2011)
Prints
Large Head, 1993. Lucian Freud (British, 1922–2011), published by Matthew Marks Gallery. Etching with scraping and burnishing; sheet: 79.3 x 63.4 cm (31 1/4 x 24 15/16 in.); platemark: 69.5 x 54.5 cm (27 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.233 The British artist Lucien Freud was known for portraiture, aiming to produce images that were "of the people not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, [but rather] being them." This image depicts performance artist Leigh Bowery, known for his elaborate costumes and makeup. Bowery became one of Freud's favorite subjects after they met in 1988 and he sat for numerous painted and printed portraits. The artist of this work, Lucien Freud, was the grandson of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.
- Maker/Artist
- Freud, Lucian
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- etching with scraping and burnishing
- Medium
- etching, scraping, burnishing
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 79.3 x 63.4 cm (31 1/4 x 24 15/16 in.); Platemark: 69.5 x 54.5 cm (27 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: lower left, in graphite: 33/40; signed, lower right, in graphite: LF
- Departments
- Prints
- Accession Number
- 1996.233
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions, Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now, Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/97 - 7/21/97. "Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions."<br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/22/2015 - 7/26/2015); "Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now"
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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