Lucian Freud, Benefits Supervisor Resting

Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Resting achieved a record $56,165,000, the highest price paid for the artist at auction.

The Book.

This exclusive volume was published to coincide with the sale of Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Resting at Christie’s New York in May 2015. A step inside the British painter’s studio, this engaging publication hosts original interviews with Freud’s muse, Sue Tilley, and his long-time studio assistant, David Dawson, as well as a curated selection of recollections of Freud’s studio from many of his most prominent sitters. Exquisitely illustrated with luscious, painterly details and photographs tracing Benefits Supervisor Resting from execution to exhibition, this examination of the nude in contemporary art is further anchored by Kenneth Clark’s seminal essay The Naked and the Nude. With six engrossing chapters, the reader is urged to delve deeply into Freud’s enigmatic practice.

Publisher: Christie’s Inc., May 2015
Marci Imamoglu, Design // Stephen Jones, Text // Original Interviews with Sue Tilley and David Dawson // Archival Interview with Sebastian Smee and Lucian Freud // Archival Text by Kenneth Clark