Lucian Freud.
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Bella Freud.
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On
December 11, The Museum
of Modern Art hosted
receptions to celebrate the opening of Lucian
Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, which
is on view from December 16, 2007, to March
10, 2008.
The exhibition highlights the artist’s
exceptional achievements in the medium of etching
and explores the crucial relationship between
these works on paper and his works on canvas. In
a career spanning more than six decades, Freud
(British, b. Germany, 1922), has redefined
portraiture and the nude through his frank
scrutiny of the human form. Although
best known as a painter, Freud has made etching
a constant part of his artistic practice since
1982. The full scope and significance
of Freud’s achievements in etching are
represented here, ranging from rare, early
experiments of the 1940s to the increasingly
large and complex compositions created since
his rediscovery of the medium in the early
1980s, including a new work completed in 2007. Lucian
Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, Freud’s
first solo exhibition at The Museum of Modern
Art and his first museum exhibition in New
York City in 14 years, is organized by Starr
Figura, The Phyllis Ann and Walter
Borten Assistant Curator of Prints and Illustrated
Books, The Museum of Modern Art.
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Jerry Speyer, Starr Figura, Marie-Josée Kravis, Robert Menschel.
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Agnes Gund, Glenn D. Lowry, director of MoMA.
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Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis.
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Bella Freud, Rufus Wainright, Larissa.
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Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
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