Benefits Supervisor Sleeping

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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.

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Benefits Supervisor Sleeping canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance key work in late 20th-century British figurative painting ⓘ
auctionHouse Christie's ⓘ
linked to: Christie’s
collection private collection ⓘ
colorPalette earth tones ⓘ
flesh tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Lucian Freud ⓘ
depicts Sue Tilley ⓘ
nude woman ⓘ
sleeping person ⓘ
sofa ⓘ
describedAs intense observation of the human form ⓘ
unsentimental portrait ⓘ
genre portrait painting ⓘ
hasPart folded flesh details ⓘ
neutral background ⓘ
patterned sofa upholstery ⓘ
hasSubject female body ⓘ
obesity ⓘ
sleep ⓘ
height 151 cm ⓘ
inception 1995 ⓘ
influencedBy Francis Bacon ⓘ
Rembrandt ⓘ
linked to: Rembrandt van Rijn
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locationOfCreation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
materialUsed canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
model Sue Tilley ⓘ
movement figurative art ⓘ
realism ⓘ
notableFor intimate domestic setting ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Christie’s
style psychological realism ⓘ
raw realism ⓘ
subjectOccupation benefits supervisor ⓘ
width 219 cm ⓘ

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Lucian Freud → notableWork → Benefits Supervisor Sleeping ⓘ