Harvard Art Museums > 2007.37: Ill in Paris Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ill in Paris (Lucian Freud) , 2007.37,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/316154. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2007.37 People Lucian Freud, British (Berlin 1922 - 2011 England, 20 July) Title Ill in Paris Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1948 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/316154 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.) sheet: 25 x 33 cm (9 13/16 x 13 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r. Lucian Freud watermark: l.r. watermark: Perrigot Masure inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: WLE 464 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition 8/10 Standard Reference Number PQ. 8, H. 4 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman Copyright © The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images Accession Year 2007 Object Number 2007.37 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary This experimental, early etching by Lucian Freud depicts the face of his recuperating wife Kitty. Only one of her eyes is fully visible, and it stares doggedly at a rose beside her in the hotel bed. The abrupt cropping of the plate leaves the spatial relationship of her head and the thorny stalk unclear-the latter stands upright, almost as if emerging from the mattress. The bars of the bedstead behind the pillow also confine her in this claustrophobic space. According to Lawrence Gowing (Lucian Freud, 1982, p 85), "when Freud went to buy the nitric acid to etch the plate in the hotel washbasin, the pharmacist tried to dissuade him from a suspected crime of passion." The resulting etching is all the more surreal for its crisp line quality, despite its relative realism in comparison to Freud's subsequently more painterly figure etchings. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
