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NEWS ABOUT: Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud stories: 2 news summaries

Painting Price Spells Gloom
for Economy

Portrait of Bacon auctions for only
$9.4M at Christie's

Oct 19, 08 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Lucian Freud painting expected to sell for more than $12 million at Christie’s today went for only $9.4 million, a sign that even super-rich buyers of contemporary art are cutting back in the financial crisis, the Daily Telegraph reports. The art world anxiously awaited the sale of... More »

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art • Sotheby's • Christie's • Francis Bacon • art auction • Lucian Freud • financial crisis

 Art Continues to Buck 
 Ragged Economy 

Contemporary works bring $348M at Christie's—which even sells a house

May 14, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christie's auction of contemporary art in New York belied an economic downturn, the Times reports, with paintings, sculpture, and even a house fetching handsome prices. Two works drew particular attention: a portrait of a 280-pound nude woman by Lucian Freud, which sold for $33.6 million, and a house in... More »

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art market • art • Christie's • Mark Rothko • art auction • Lucian Freud • Richard Neutra

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