Lucian Freud's Sketchbooks

New Hardback Illustrated

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Now in the Collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London, these previously unpublished images from the sketchbooks of Lucian Freud (1922–2011) were made over the course of his career and enhance our understanding of the work of this major figurative artist. The book presents reproductions of 60 drawings and watercolours, along with an introduction by Sarah Howgate, Senior Curator of the Contemporary Collection, an essay entitled ‘Everything is Autobiographical’ by Martin Gayford, and an illustrated chronology.

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