The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 16, 2024
Large Sue
1995
(British, 1922–2011)
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Sheet: 82.4 x 67.2 cm (32 7/16 x 26 7/16 in.); Platemark: 73 x 59.3 cm (28 3/4 x 23 3/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1996.232
Catalogue raisonné: Hartley and Blanchebarbe 22
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This print depicts Sue Tilley, a friend and favorite model of the artist’s.Description
Freud's etchings have aptly been described as having the power to "turn candor into uncomfortable truth." Discussing his choice of subject matter, his rejection of Surrealism and his preference for brutally honest realism, Freud said, "I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness." Freud presents the figure without idealization, and, helping to focus our attention, he has omitted the furniture on which the model is seated.- purchased from (Matthew Marks Gallery, NY)
- Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 21, 1997).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/97 - 7/21/97. "Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions."
- {{cite web|title=Large Sue|url=false|author=Lucian Freud, Matthew Marks Gallery|year=1995|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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