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JUST A LITTLE MORE THEN A RUBENS
"Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" depicts Sue Tilley, a manager of a government-run job center in London, lying on her side on a worn-out couch with nothing to hide her folds of flesh. Christie's calls it a "bold and imposing example of …
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Portrait of overweight woman sets auction record
The 1995 life-size painting — “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” — fetched $33.6 million during bidding at Christie’s auction house in New York. The previous record was for “Hanging Heart,” a painting by Jeff Koons that sold for $23.5 …
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Contemporary Art: As Strong as Ever
It also knocked Jeff Koons off his short-lived perch as the most expensive living artist at auction, when Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Sleeping sold for $33.6 million. It's a great painting, which will surely stand the test of …
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"Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" depicts Sue Tilley lying on a worn-out couch. Christie's auction house in New York expects the life-size 1995 portrait to sell for between $25 and $35 million. "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" depicts Sue …
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Lucian Freud record breaker $$$
A life-sized Lucian Freud painting of a sleeping, naked woman has set a new world record price for a work by a living artist. The 1995 portrait, titled Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, sold for $33.6m (£17.2m) at Christie's in New York. …
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How Much Oil Would The Top 5 Paintings Sold at Christie’s Auctions …
And yes, Lucien Freud’s “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” now officially holds the auction record for a living artist. Estimated to go for between $25-$35 million, the painting went for $33641000. As a followup to my post a couple days ago …
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liuna @ 2008-05-14T06:20:00
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping I love art, but I don't understand a lot of it. Especially modern art; I might have a faint glimpse of the meaning, but complete bafflement at the appeal. Lucien Freud… it seems like some kind of joke …
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Freud nude sells for new world record at auction2 hours ago
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, a nude by British artist Lucian Freud, has sold for more than $US34 million ($A36.4 million) in New York, becoming the most expensive work ever by a living artist.
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Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale totaled …5 hours ago
Eight new world auction records were established for artists including Richard Prince, Sam Francis, Leon Gottlieb, with Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping setting a world auction record for any living artist, sold for $33641000 …
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JUST A LITTLE MORE THEN A RUBENS
"Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" depicts Sue Tilley, a manager of a government-run job center in London, lying on her side on a worn-out couch with nothing to hide her folds of flesh. Christie's calls it a "bold and imposing example of …
~~ THIS ENLIGHTENED SOUL~~ - http://padmapani56.livejournal.com/

Lucian Freud nude painting (of rotund London benefits supervisor …22 hours ago
Lucian Freud nude painting (of rotund London benefits supervisor Sue Tilley) is predicted to sell…
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Naked Fat Woman Sets World Record
Lucian Freud’s portrait of a nude, sleeping Sue Tilley has just sold for $33.6 million dollars–a record high for work by a living artist. And Sue Tilley? Is fat. Not merely Rubenesque, even, but pretty dang fat. From CNN: …
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English, English, English
"Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" depicts Sue Tilley, a manager of a government-run job center in London, lying on her side on a worn-out couch with nothing to hide her folds of flesh. …
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Portrait of overweight woman sets auction record
“Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” depicts Sue Tilley, a manager of a government-run job center in London, lying on her side on a worn-out couch with nothing to hide her folds of flesh. Tilley, now 51, told CNN she was initially embarrassed …
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Sue tilley
Sue Tilley - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times A biography and related information about Sue Tilley. in today’s ny times, paul krugman sets the record uncurved on the latest strive by obama’s media groupies and his …
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My Take:Nude Obese Woman's Portrait Nets $33.6 mill
Somewhere in England sits Sue Tilley, a hefty 51-year-old woman, smiling happily, knowing that someone has paid a record $33.6 million for the painting of her lying naked on a couch for artist Lucian Freud. …
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From Obesity to Obscenity The nude portrait of an overweight woman …
The posture of Sue Tilley, the model of the Lucian Freud painting, reminds me of Ibrahim Calli pieces (below). As one of the few world-class painters in Turkey, he was the first Turkish artist to depict the naked woman body (which were …
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“Overweight Nude To Set Art World Record”
If “Mother Nature” was personified as a woman, in my mind She would be a massive woman, much like the Lucien Freud painting of Ms. Sue Tilley. Remember , “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Massive things have a unique grandeur, …
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