Boy Asleep

Lucian Freud British, born Germany

1943

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Title: Boy Asleep
Artist: Lucian Freud (British (born Germany), Berlin 1922–2011 London)
Date: 1943
Medium: Graphite and blue colored pencil on paper
Dimensions: 10 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (27.3 × 16.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Object Number: 2007.49.40
Rights and Reproduction: © Lucian Freud
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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