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28 x 22cm, Edition of 25, Etching
Medium: Etching
Edition size: 25
Year: 1982
Size: H 28cm x W 22cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Couple (1982) is an etching by Lucian Freud that shows two figures pressed closely together, their faces turned inward in a moment of shared intimacy. Their features are loosely drawn, almost merging into one another, as if caught mid-laughter or just after it - unguarded, familiar. The lines are quick, overlapping, less concerned with polish than with presence.
In Couple, there’s a warmth here that feels rare in Freud’s work, though the gaze remains direct. Rather than expose, the etching seems to observe quietly. It’s not an idealised portrayal, but it isn’t clinical either. The figures are rendered with enough specificity to feel real, but not so much that they become fixed in meaning. What remains is a brief, tactile moment of two people, close.