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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Benefits Supervisor Sleeping sets record


The portrait Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995) by Lucian Freud (b. 1922), sold at Christie's N.Y. for $33.6 million, has set a new world record for a painting by a living artist.
The painting depicts the naked portrait of Sue Tilley lying on a sofa.
German-born and grandson of Sigmund Freud, british painter Lucian Freud is known for his sincere and revealing naked portraits.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This picture is the living proof that people now adays are much fatter than before. In renaissance art women were a little fat. Now they are really obese... It's the changing of times reflected in art.