Lucian Freud 1922-2011
Human Radio, 1940
Coloured inks on paper
8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in
22 x 15 cm
22 x 15 cm
Drawing on verso. This work is amongst Freud's most powerful early drawings, an existential cry, carrying with it their intensity of Edvard Munch's The Scream and fascinatingly anticipating Francis Bacon's...
Drawing on verso.
This work is amongst Freud's most powerful early drawings, an existential cry, carrying with it their intensity of Edvard Munch's The Scream and fascinatingly anticipating Francis Bacon's later Screaming Popes. It belongs to a series of drawings executed in coloured inks in which the young Freud first exerts his distinct artistic personality. Wiliam Feaver vividly described their inspired creation: "Bottles of ink, red green, blue, black, cluttered the parlour table as Freud filled the pages with whatever occurred to him, one notion sparking another. (Quoting Freud) "The drawings are very high-spirited, a private language" " (W. Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Feud, Youth London, 2019,p. 94.)
This work is amongst Freud's most powerful early drawings, an existential cry, carrying with it their intensity of Edvard Munch's The Scream and fascinatingly anticipating Francis Bacon's later Screaming Popes. It belongs to a series of drawings executed in coloured inks in which the young Freud first exerts his distinct artistic personality. Wiliam Feaver vividly described their inspired creation: "Bottles of ink, red green, blue, black, cluttered the parlour table as Freud filled the pages with whatever occurred to him, one notion sparking another. (Quoting Freud) "The drawings are very high-spirited, a private language" " (W. Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Feud, Youth London, 2019,p. 94.)
Provenance
Matthew Marks Gallery, USAAcquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibitions
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Lucian Freud: Drawings 1940, February-April 19, 2003Literature
Smee, Sebastian, Lucian Freud: Drawings 1940. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2003, pls. 25(recto) 27 (verso), ill. in colourJoin our mailing list
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