Head of Kai
Etching
1991-1992-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Whitehall
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About the artist
Lucian Freud was born in Berlin, the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. In 1933 when he was 11, the family fled Germany and settled in London. Largely a self-taught artist, since the mid 1940s Freud has contributed to countless solo and mixed exhibitions and is now regarded as Britain’s finest living figurative painter. In 1983 he was created a Companion of Honour and in 1993, awarded the Order of Merit. During 1993–94 a major retrospective opened at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. In 2002, a critically acclaimed retrospective of his work was held at Tate Britain, London. Recent exhibitions include the Wallace Collection, London (2004); the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2007-08).
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- male portrait, man, 20th century costume
- Materials & Techniques
- etching
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Details
- Artist
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Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011)
- Title
- Head of Kai
- Edition
- A/P
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- height: 79.00 cm, width: 63.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Anne Berthoud Gallery, February 1994
- Provenance
- The artist
- GAC number
- 16836