Solicitor's Head
A penetrating portrait etching by Lucian Freud, *Solicitor's Head* captures the subject with the artist's characteristic unflinching intensity, rendering the human face with raw psychological depth. Freud's masterful use of line work in etching reveals the texture and weight of the flesh, conveying a sense of intimate scrutiny that feels both uncomfortable and compelling. Printed on Somerset Soft paper with full margins, the work exemplifies Freud's dedication to printmaking as a medium capable of matching the emotional power of his celebrated paintings.
- Medium
- Etching, on Somerset Soft 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 unflinching, psychologically intense portraiture rooted in direct observation, often depicting the same subjects repeatedly to excavate raw human presence. His expressionist approach to the human face conveys the same sense of intimate scrutiny and psychological weight found in this etching.
Käthe Kollwitz
German · b. 1867
Kollwitz was a supreme master of monochromatic printmaking including etching, using bold expressive line work to render human faces and figures with profound psychological depth and emotional intensity. Her portrait etchings share the same stark, unflinching quality and intimate mood that defines Freud's Solicitor's Head.
Georg Baselitz
German · b. 1938
Baselitz brings the same expressionist intensity and raw psychological force to figurative portraiture and printmaking, producing works on paper that feel equally uncomfortable and compelling in their brutal directness. His etching and graphic work share Freud's dedication to exposing the physical and psychological weight of the human subject.
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