Eli. 2002, Etching, Plate: 26 x 33 ½” Sheet: 30 7/16 x 37 5/8" Publisher: Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. Printer: Marc Balakjian at Studio Prints, London. Edition: 46, plus 12 artist’s proofs. Matthew Marks Gallery, New York. Digital Image Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art Jonathan Muzikar. © 2007 Lucian Freud

NEW YORK.-The Museum of Modern Art will present Lucian Freud: The Painter’s Etchings, on view December 16, 2007–March 10, 2008. The exhibition is organized by Starr Figura, The Phyllis Ann and Walter Borten Assistant Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art. One of the foremost artists working today, Lucian 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, etching has become integral to Freud's practice. In an unusual cross-media installation, this exhibition explores the crucial relationship between Freud’s etchings and his works on canvas. Approximately 100 works are be featured, including some 70 etchings juxtaposed with 22 related paintings and 7 drawings, revealing the dramatic dialogue among mediums in Freud’s oeuvre. The full scope and significance of Freud’s achievements in etching are represented, 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.
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