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Woman with an Arm Tattoo

Lucian Freud, 1996

© Lucian Freud

The sitter is Sue Tilley, chief benefits officer in a job centre although she is portrayed as an anonymous figure. The weight of her physicality is put under intense scrutiny, but there is also the contradictory sense of self-containment as she shuts her eyes and nonchalantly ignores the viewer's gaze.

More information

Title of artwork, date

Woman with an Arm Tattoo, 1996

Date supported

2004

Medium and material

Etching

Dimensions

70 x 91.5 cm

Grant

16000

Total cost

32000

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