Rebuilding the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square
Maker
(artist)
born 1931
born 1931
Title
Rebuilding the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square
Date of Production
1962
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
Height: 152.4 cm (board)
Width: 152.4 cm (board)
Width: 152.4 cm (board)
Accession Number
P.2015.XX.1
Mode of Acquisition
HM Government (Acceptance in Lieu), allocation, 2015
Credit
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2015
Copyright
© The artist, courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, London
Location
On display
Provenance
Beaux Arts Gallery, London; Marlborough Fine Art, London (1966) Marlborough Gallery, New York; Allen Stone Gallery, New York (1970); Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 1998, lot 134; Collection of Lucian Freud (1922-2011); acquired from the artist by Lucian Freud; Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2015.
Exhibition History
20th century British Art, Courtauld Gallery Room 11, 10/12/2022-07/05/2024
Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945 - 65, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 03/03/2022-26/06/2022
All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting, Tate Britain, London, 28/02/2018-27/08/2018 ...More
Frank Auerbach - London Building Sites 1952-62, Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/2009-17/01/2010 ...Less
Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945 - 65, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 03/03/2022-26/06/2022
All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting, Tate Britain, London, 28/02/2018-27/08/2018 ...More
Frank Auerbach - London Building Sites 1952-62, Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/2009-17/01/2010 ...Less
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