Lucian Freud’s Most Expensive Painting by a Living Artist

Posted by Ruth Miller on Fri 11th April 2008 at 04:38 PM, Filed in Expensive Art

A classic Lucian Freud portrait of a rather plump lady, is predicted to break the world auction record for most expensive painting by a living artist.

The elegantly constructed masterpiece is titled “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” named after the profession of the sitter. The painting which was completed in 1995 is expected to fetch $35 million (£18 million) at Christie’s, exceeding the current record of $23.56 million, held since last year by the American artist Jeff Koons.

Amazing, considering the credit crunch…...

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