Description Property from an Important Private Collection Lucian Freud 1922 - 2011 Ib Reading oil on canvas 134 by 158 cm. 52¾ by 62¼ in. Executed in 1997. Condition Report To request a Condition Report, please contact haleigh.stoddard@sothebys.com . For any other sale enquiries please contact emma.baker@sothebys.com . Provenance Acquavella Galleries, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997 Literature Sebastian Smee, Lucian Freud 1996-2005 , New York, 2005, n.p., no. 15, illustrated in colour Sebastian Smee, Bruce Bernard and David Dawson, Freud at Work , New York, 2006, pp. 122-23 and 125, illustrated in colour in progress in the artist’s studio William Feaver, Freud, New York, 2007, p. 37, no. 286, illustrated in colour Mark Holborn and David Dawson, Eds., Lucian Freud , Volume 2, London, 2018, p. 188, illustrated in colour Exhibited New York, Acquavella Galleries, XIX & XX Century Master Paintings and Sculptures , October – November 1997, no. 26, illustrated in colour London, Tate Gallery, Lucian Freud: Some New Paintings , June – July 1998 New York, Acquavella Galleries, Lucian Freud recent work: 1997-2000, April – May 2000, n.p., no. 15, illustrated in colour