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Frank Auerbach (1931-2024) Nude Seated on a Folding Chair, from Six Drypoints of the Nude, circa...
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Frank Auerbach (1931-2024) Nude Seated on a Folding Chair, from Six Drypoints of the Nude, circa 1954 signed and dedicated 'to Phil with best wishes Frank' in pencil drypoint 20 x 16.2cm (7 7/8 x 6 3/8in). A proof impression of the second state printed by the artist. There were only proofs which were mainly reserved for friends of the artist. Footnotes: Provenance Gifted by the artist to his friend and fellow artist Philip Holmes. Thence by descent to the current owner. Literature Craig Hartley, Frank Auerbach: Etchings and Drypoints 1954-2006, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in association with Marlborough Graphics, London, 2007, no. 5. Nude Seated on a Folding Chair is from a series of six early works executed whilst the artist was still a student. Preparatory sketches and reworking formed a large part of Auerbach's creative process and there is as much a sense of immediacy in the etched forms as in his drawings, made with items which were close to hand. As the artist explained: These were all based on life drawings done at the Royal College of Art or at the Borough Polytechnic. I chose six drawings which were still fairly fresh in my mind, out of several hundred (the vast majority of these drawings I later destroyed). The drypoints were scratched on to pieces of alloy six inches square, bought from Romanys of Camden High Street for 6d. each. They were done with a nail, set into a pen holder with sealing wax, and printed by rubbing the back of a spoon over the back of the dampened paper. It was all very laborious; there was a lot of burnishing. There was never a formal edition. I think there may be a dozen complete sets, they belong mostly to friends, often painters. Frank Auerbach, quoted in Michael Podro, Frank Auerbach: The Complete Etchings 1954-1990, London, Marlborough Graphics, 1990. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Frank Auerbach (1931-2024) Nude Seated on a Folding Chair, from Six Drypoints of the Nude, circa 1954 signed and dedicated 'to Phil with best wishes Frank' in pencil drypoint 20 x 16.2cm (7 7/8 x 6 3/8in). A proof impression of the second state printed by the artist. There were only proofs which were mainly reserved for friends of the artist. Footnotes: Provenance Gifted by the artist to his friend and fellow artist Philip Holmes. Thence by descent to the current owner. Literature Craig Hartley, Frank Auerbach: Etchings and Drypoints 1954-2006, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in association with Marlborough Graphics, London, 2007, no. 5. Nude Seated on a Folding Chair is from a series of six early works executed whilst the artist was still a student. Preparatory sketches and reworking formed a large part of Auerbach's creative process and there is as much a sense of immediacy in the etched forms as in his drawings, made with items which were close to hand. As the artist explained: These were all based on life drawings done at the Royal College of Art or at the Borough Polytechnic. I chose six drawings which were still fairly fresh in my mind, out of several hundred (the vast majority of these drawings I later destroyed). The drypoints were scratched on to pieces of alloy six inches square, bought from Romanys of Camden High Street for 6d. each. They were done with a nail, set into a pen holder with sealing wax, and printed by rubbing the back of a spoon over the back of the dampened paper. It was all very laborious; there was a lot of burnishing. There was never a formal edition. I think there may be a dozen complete sets, they belong mostly to friends, often painters. Frank Auerbach, quoted in Michael Podro, Frank Auerbach: The Complete Etchings 1954-1990, London, Marlborough Graphics, 1990. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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