Man Resting
Man Resting
Signed Print
Lucian Freud
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37 x 41cm, Edition of 30, Etching
Medium: Etching
Edition size: 30
Year: 1988
Size: H 37cm x W 41cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: November 2024
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Meaning & Analysis
Lucian Freud’s Man Resting (1988) is an etching that presents a male figure lying on his side, face pressed into the surface beneath him. The figure’s position feels unguarded, with his body partially turned away and his features compressed against the ground. Freud’s use of etched line is spare but deliberate, focusing on the fall of light and the weight of the head to suggest a moment of stillness.
The composition is closely cropped, drawing attention to the sitter’s face and upper body. Fine lines and cross-hatching articulate the textures of skin and hair, while the absence of background detail keeps the focus on the body itself. The image speaks to Freud’s ongoing interest in the physicality of rest, and the way the body holds its shape in unselfconscious states. Man Resting sits within a broader group of Freud’s works that examine the human form with directness and restraint.