According to many critics, Lucian Freud started making great paintings only after he let go of drawing: abandoning flat, crisply outlined figures for massively fleshy nudes nourished by a full brush. The quietly ravishing “Lucian Freud Drawings,” at Acquavella Galleries, gives Freud’s works on paper a chance to speak for themselves, beginning with his childhood sketches and ending with the last etching plate he touched.
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Private Collection, Lucian Freud Archive
"Startled Man: Self-Portrait," 1948 |
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