An etching of a woman, nude, depicting the woman's face and body. The setting is blank, although she seems to be sitting and leaning on something, perhaps a sofa or bed, with a vacant, sleepy expression.
Lucian Freud (1922-2011), Blond Girl, 1985 漏 The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images. Image 漏 The Courtauld

Blond Girl

Lucian Freud

From the 1980s onwards, Lucian Freud produced etchings of people who posed for him, either clothed or naked in his studio. His unusual approach involved working directly on the etching plate with the model in front of him, rather than relying on preparatory drawings. In this major print, Freud concentrates on depicting the woman鈥檚 face and body. By leaving the setting blank, Freud gives a greater sense of the shape and mass of the woman鈥檚 form, her position implying she is posed on a sofa or bed. This is one of numerous prints that Freud inscribed and presented to his close friend, the painter Frank Auerbach. After Freud鈥檚 death, Auerbach gave these etchings to The Courtauld.听

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