Girl Holding Her Foot
Girl Holding Her Foot
Signed Print
Lucian Freud
£18,000-£28,000
$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator
$30,000-$50,000 Value Indicator
¥160,000-¥260,000 Value Indicator
€21,000-€35,000 Value Indicator
$180,000-$280,000 Value Indicator
¥3,370,000-¥5,250,000 Value Indicator
$23,000-$35,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Etching
Edition size: 50
Year: 1985
Size: H 70cm x W 55cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Girl Holding Her Foot - Signed Print | |||
| July 2023 | Leonard Joel, Melbourne - Australia | Girl Holding Her Foot - Signed Print | |||
| October 2022 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Girl Holding Her Foot - Signed Print | |||
| June 2022 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Girl Holding Her Foot - Signed Print | |||
| December 2020 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Girl Holding Her Foot - Signed Print | |||
| September 2019 | Sotheby's London - United Kingdom | Girl Holding Her Foot - Signed Print | |||
| December 2018 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Girl Holding Her Foot - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
This etching was created by Lucian Freud in 1985, and forms part of our Naked Portraits collection of his work. As the title of the work would suggest, the composition focuses on a nude woman holding her foot. The sitter's curvaceous body appears off-centre at the top of the composition, giving the impression of her body being suspended in negative space.
Like many of Freud's etchings, Girl Holding Her Foot was produced alongside a painting of the same subject and title. In the painted rendition, the nude woman is sat on the sofa in Freud's Notting Hill studio. Within this etching however, Freud focuses solely on her naked portrait. Despite depicting her body against a bare background, Freud's masterful handling of tone gives the body a sense of mass and pronounces the curves of her feminine form.
Though the identity of this unnamed sitter is unknown, we can observe in Girl Holding Her Foot an intimate bond between sitter and artist so typical of Freud's work. Renowned for his risqué love-life, the sitter might have been one of Freud's many lovers who sat for him in the studio.
