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Blond Girl

Print
1986 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Freud, Lucian (artist)
Place of origin
UK (printed)

The artist Sophie de Stempel (b.1960) was the sitter for this print, and a regular model for Freud in the 1980s. She was also the sitter for 'Head and Shoulders of a Girl' (see E.830-2023). This print was proofed and printed by Terry Wilson at Palm Tree Editions, but later in 1985 Freud began to work exclusively with Marc Balakjian at Studio Prints.

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read Lucian Freud and etching Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011) was one of the most renowned British artists of the 20th century. Though he is best known as a painter he was also a keen printmaker, producing versions of many of the subjects featured in his paintings – portrait heads, nudes, dogs and landscapes. These prints w...

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleBlond Girl (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Ink
Paper
Etching
Brief description
Lucian Freud: Cancellation proof of Blond Girl, etching, 1986
Physical description
Portrait format image of naked girl seated with head reasting on her left shoulder.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 69.4cm
  • Plate width: 54cm
  • Sheet height: 103.4cm
  • Sheet width: 77cm
Marks and inscriptions
LF (Signed in the plate as evidence of cancellation)
Credit line
Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Aram and Tamar Balakjian and allocated to the V&A, 2022
Production
The edition was proofed and printed by Terry Wilson at Palm Tree Edition in 1985, but the cancellation proof was probably printed by Marc Balakjian at Studio Prints in 1986.
Summary
The artist Sophie de Stempel (b.1960) was the sitter for this print, and a regular model for Freud in the 1980s. She was also the sitter for 'Head and Shoulders of a Girl' (see E.830-2023). This print was proofed and printed by Terry Wilson at Palm Tree Editions, but later in 1985 Freud began to work exclusively with Marc Balakjian at Studio Prints.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.829-2023

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Record createdOctober 5, 2021
Record URL
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