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Standing by the Rags

Lucian Freud, 1988-89

Lucian Freud, Standing by the Rags, 1988-89, Tate, Art Funded 1990

One of Freud's largest and most ambitious paintings of the nude.

The technique of portraying flesh with such substantial materiality calls to mind another artist much admired by Freud- Courbet.

'I am really interested in people as animals', the artist has confessed; and here he plays the coarse physicality of the figure against the convoluted curves of the paint-stained rags to devastating effect.

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Title of artwork, date

Standing by the Rags, 1988-89

Date supported

1990

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

168.9 x 138.4 cm

Grant

100000

Total cost

920000

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