- Artist
- Lucian Freud 1922–2011
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 298 × 238 mm
frame: 556 × 475 × 26 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1988
- Reference
- P77265
Display caption
This etching has a surreal quality typical of Lucian Freud’s early portraits. He frequently emphasised the large, almond-shaped eyes of his wife, Kathleen Garman. Freud drew the image using a line and dot technique he developed in the 1940s. Each element is differentiated by the type of etched marks: dots for the face, wiry etched lines for the hair and rounded lines and dots for the fingers. The shape of the leaf is modelled with blank and etched areas.
Gallery label, September 2023
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