id:			159457
accession number:	1996.233
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.233
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:30.560000

Large Head, 1993. Lucian Freud (British, 1922–2011), published by Matthew Marks Gallery. Etching with scraping and burnishing; sheet: 79.3 x 63.4 cm (31 1/4 x 24 15/16 in.); platemark: 69.5 x 54.5 cm (27 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.233

title:				Large Head
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creation date:			1993
creation date earliest:		1993
creation date latest:		1993
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	England, 20th century
technique:	etching with scraping and burnishing
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Hartley 47; Hartley and Blanchebarbe 19

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CREATORS

* Lucian Freud (British, 1922–2011)  - artist

* Matthew Marks Gallery  - publisher

* Studio Prints  - printer

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measurements: Sheet: 79.3 x 63.4 cm (31 1/4 x 24 15/16 in.); Platemark: 69.5 x 54.5 cm (27 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
state of the work:	ii/ii
edition of the work: 	40 plus 12 artist's proofs

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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in graphite: 33/40; signed, lower right, in graphite: LF
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   1997-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 21, 1997).

	title:		Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now
	opening date:   2015-03-22T00:00:00
	<i>Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-July 26, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/97 - 7/21/97.  "Contemporary Prints:  Recent Acquisitions."', 'opening_date': '1997-04-19T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/22/2015 - 7/26/2015); "Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now"', 'opening_date': '2015-03-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1996-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"PRINTS &amp; PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED." <em>The Print Collector's Newsletter</em> 24, no. 5 (1993): 185-88.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p.186
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/24555519

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Annual Report 1996</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 51; Reproduced: p. 40
	url:		

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