Lucian FreudEnglish, 1922–2011Girl Sitting
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Girl Sitting” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 169.1988
In the catalog
Sources
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Lucian Freud
The whole lifelate 1970s – 1980s
Relationship with the painter Celia Paul
During the late 1970s and the 1980s Freud was in a relationship with the painter Celia Paul.
c. 1986 – 2011
Etchings at Studio Prints
In the last 25 years of his life Freud made etchings with advice from the Armenian-born artist and printer Marc Balakjian at Studio Prints in Kentish Town, London; 143 of these prints are in the V&A's collection.
1987
Exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum
The Hirshhorn Museum held a Freud exhibition; its catalogue included Robert Hughes's essay “On Lucian Freud”, published the same year in The New York Review of Books.
1988
Hayward Gallery retrospective and a BBC film
A major retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery was the focus of the BBC Omnibus programme in which director Jake Auerbach recorded one of the few conversations ever filmed with Freud, made possible by Duncan MacGuigan of Acquavella Galleries, New York.
1989
Shortlisted for the Turner Prize
One of the best-known British artists working in a representational style, Freud was shortlisted for the Turner Prize.
1989
Death of his mother
The artist's mother, Lucie Freud, née Brasch (1896–1989), died; Freud depicted her both after her suicide attempt and after her death.
