Lot Essay
'To paint the same head over and over leads you to its unfamiliarity ... Eventually you get near the raw truth about it, just as people only blurt out the raw truth in the middle of a family quarrel.'
- Frank Auerbach
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Head of J.Y.M.
Details
Frank Auerbach (b. 1931)
Head of J.Y.M.
signed and dated 'Auerbach/1986' (lower left)
charcoal on paper, on two joined sheets
34 x 30 in. (86.3 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Head of J.Y.M.
signed and dated 'Auerbach/1986' (lower left)
charcoal on paper, on two joined sheets
34 x 30 in. (86.3 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1986.
Provenance
with Marlborough Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 March 1988, lot 408, where purchased by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 March 1988, lot 408, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
R. Hughes, Frank Auerbach, London, 1990, p. 236, no. 156, illustrated.
W. Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York, 2009, p. 303, no. 564, illustrated.
W. Feaver, Frank Auerbach, New York, 2009, p. 303, no. 564, illustrated.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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'To paint the same head over and over leads you to its unfamiliarity ... Eventually you get near the raw truth about it, just as people only blurt out the raw truth in the middle of a family quarrel.'
- Frank Auerbach