Lucian Freud : the painter's etchings / Starr Figura.
2007
NE2047.6.F77 A4 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Lucian Freud : the painter's etchings / Starr Figura.
ISBN
9780870707063
087070706X
087070706X
Publication Details
New York : Museum of Modern Art : Distributed in the United States and Canada by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, ©2007.
Language
English
Description
144 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Call Number
NE2047.6.F77 A4 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
767.2092
Summary
"One of the foremost artists working today, Lucian Freud had redefined portraiture and the nude through his frank scrutiny of the human form. Although he is best known as a painter, etching is integral to Freud's practice. This volume accompanies a major Museum of Modern Art exhibition presenting the full scope of Freud's etchings, along with a critical selection of related paintings and drawings. Organized by Starr Figura, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings includes seventy etchings - from the artist's rare early experiments of the 1940s to the increasingly complex compositions he has created since rediscovering the medium in the early 1980s - juxtaposed with some twenty-two paintings and seven drawings. Figura's essay in this catalogue examines the dramatic dialogue among mediums in Freud's practice, and explores the crucial cross-pollinating relationship between his etchings and his works on canvas. Pared down to essentials of line, often depicting figures cropped or isolated against empty backgrounds, Freud's prints achieve a startling degree of psychological tension and formal abstraction. Etching is here revealed as a medium uniquely suited to Freud's distinct artistic goals."--Jacket.
Note
Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Lucian Freud: the painter's etchings' held at The Museum of Modern Art, 16 Dec. 2007 to 10 March 2008.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index.
Added Author
Figura, Starr.
Freud, Lucian.
Freud, Lucian.
Added Corporate Author
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
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