Girl with Fuzzy Hair
A intimate and unflinching portrait rendered in Lucian Freud's characteristically intense etching style, capturing a young woman whose wild, untamed hair frames her face with striking texture and energy. The fine lines of the etching technique emphasize the subject's raw, unidealized features, inviting the viewer into a deeply personal and psychological encounter. Printed on Somerset paper with full margins, the work exemplifies Freud's mastery of the medium and his relentless pursuit of honest, penetrating observation.
- Medium
- Etching, on Somerset paper, with full margins,
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Lucian Freud 32 Etchings: From an Important American collection
October 15, 2015
Spotted works by Lucian Freud
Artists in conversation
Frank Auerbach
British · b. 1931
Auerbach shares Freud's commitment to intense, unidealized portraiture of intimate subjects rendered with raw psychological honesty, often working repeatedly from the same sitters to capture deeply personal human presence in monochromatic and figurative works.
Paula Rego
Portuguese-British · b. 1935
Rego produced unflinching figurative etchings and prints on Somerset paper that share Freud's psychological intensity and refusal to beautify or idealize the human figure, with a similarly intimate and confrontational quality in her portraiture.
Georg Baselitz
German · b. 1938
Baselitz created expressive figurative etchings and prints with bold, searching linework that emphasizes raw and unrefined human features, sharing Freud's commitment to printmaking as a vehicle for intense psychological and realist portraiture.
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