Lucian Freud
The Egyptian Book
About this artwork
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artist:Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) British
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title:The Egyptian Book
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date created:1994
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materials:Etching on paper (5/12)
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measurements:30.00 x 30.00 cm (paper 46.30 x 42.50 cm)
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credit line:Purchased with aid from the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland, 1995
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accession number:GMA 3881
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Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud
Freud was born in Berlin, the grandson of Sigmund Freud. His family moved to England in 1933. Freud's work from the 1940s has a hallucinatory quality derived from his interest in Surrealism. In the late 1950s his meticulous style gave way to a broader handling of paint, richer colours and the...
