Lucian FreudEnglish, 1922–2011Man Posing
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
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- The museum's own collection data
About the work
Freud's unflinching directness of expression, while undoubtedly unnerving to some viewers, lies at the heart of his artistic aims. In this monumental etching, Freud portrays a middle-aged man, lying nude and open-legged on a couch. The man's awkward pose belies the intensely considered details of his body and the immediate surroundings. Indeed, the very ordinariness of the subject helps capture the man's humanity. Freud describes his work as factual not literal, adding that I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- P.88.48
In the catalog
Sources
- Minneapolis Institute of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 5 days ago
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © The Lucien Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images
Meanwhile, 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.
1983 · Award
Companion of Honour
1983
Order of the Companions of Honour
Freud was appointed to the British Order of the Companions of Honour.
10 December 1984
Son born: Frank Paul
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.
