Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Head of an Irishman (Treves 86), 1999
Etching · Paper · ed. 14/46
Bonhams · Jul 29, 2026$11,520 ≈ £8,669 ≈ €10,123Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Portrait Head 2001
Lucian Freud (British, 1922–2011) · 2001
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$40,000 – A$60,000 (≈ $40,796 – $61,194) (≈ £25,883 – £38,824) (≈ €32,113 – €48,169)
Offered at Menzies and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Etching · Prints & multiples all etching results →As published: “etching”
- Edition
- 17/46
- Signed / inscribed
- Edition: 17/46; numbered and signed with initials below image
- Category
- Etchings
- Dimensions
- 59.5 x 46.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | June 2012 (12JUN)
- Date
- June 20, 2012
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 15
- Estimate
- A$40,000 – A$60,000 (≈ $40,796 – $61,194) (≈ £25,883 – £38,824) (≈ €32,113 – €48,169)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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