Benefits Supervisor Sleeping
E457813
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping is a famous 1995 painting by Lucian Freud depicting a large nude woman asleep on a sofa, renowned for its raw realism and record-breaking auction price.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | key work in late 20th-century British figurative painting ⓘ |
| auctionHouse | Christie's NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | private collection ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
earth tones
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flesh tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Lucian Freud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Sue Tilley
NERFINISHED
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nude woman ⓘ sleeping person ⓘ sofa ⓘ |
| describedAs |
intense observation of the human form
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unsentimental portrait ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
folded flesh details
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neutral background ⓘ patterned sofa upholstery ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
female body
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obesity ⓘ sleep ⓘ |
| height | 151 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Francis Bacon
NERFINISHED
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Rembrandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| model | Sue Tilley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
figurative art
ⓘ
realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intimate domestic setting
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large-scale nude figure ⓘ thick impasto brushwork ⓘ unidealized depiction of the human body ⓘ |
| orientation | landscape ⓘ |
| partOf | Lucian Freud's series of large-scale nudes ⓘ |
| recordSetForArtist | highest price for a Lucian Freud work at time of sale ⓘ |
| recordSetForCategory | record price for work by a living artist at time of sale ⓘ |
| soldAtAuction | Christie's New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
psychological realism
ⓘ
raw realism ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | benefits supervisor ⓘ |
| width | 219 cm ⓘ |
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