Frank Auerbach
Head of Gerda Boehm, 1965
Oil on board
44.5 x 36.8 cm
17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in
17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in
Copyright The Artist
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, LondonDavid Niven, Château-d'Œx, Switzerland
At Christie's London, 26 May 1995, lot 281
David Bowie
At Sotheby's, London, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 18
Private Collection
At Sotheby's, London, 29 June 2022, lot 8
Private Collection
Exhibitions
1978, London, Hayward Gallery and Edinburgh, Fruitmarket Gallery, Frank Auerbach, 4 May - 2 July and 15 July - 12 Aug. 1978, cat. no. 66
2001, London, Royal Academy of Arts, Frank Auerbach: Paintings and Drawings 1954-2001, 14 Sept. - 12 Dec. 2001, cat. no. 18
Literature
Frank Auerbach, exh. cat., Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978, cat. no. 66, p. 88 (illus.)
Robert Hughes, Frank Auerbach, Thames & Hudson, 1990, cat. no. 119, pp. 157-158 (illus.)Catherine Lampert, Norman Rosenthal and Isabel Carlisle, Frank Auerbach: Paintings and Drawings 1954-2001, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, 2001, cat. no. 18, p. 53 (col. illus.)
William Feaver, Frank Auerbach, Rizzoli, 2009, cat. no. 203, pp. and 74 and 259 (col. illus.)
