1987
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Naked Man on a Bed is a 1987 by Lucian Freud, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting is called Naked Man on a Bed. It was created by Lucian Freud in 1987. The artist worked closely with his printer to produce the etchings, and this print is one of several states of the image, with the published version showing the figure on a white ground, and later states adding more details to the background and figure. You can learn more about this style of printmaking by looking up the technique of chiaroscuro.
A trial proof of the etching *Naked Man on a Bed* by Lucian Freud from 1987, this impression uses brown-black ink and depicts the sitter, Angus Cook, lying on a bed with the studio floor and rags visible in the background. The plate was later reworked with additional details, including shading on the figure’s shoulder, arm, and knees, as well as background elements such as bed coverings and the studio space. This state was ultimately unpublished, with only a printer’s proof and three trial proofs known to exist. The composition contrasts the nude figure with the surrounding environment,…
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Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, who is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists.
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