Lucian Freud painting denied by artist is authenticated by experts

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The artist insisted he did not paint Standing Male Nude, but three specialists have concluded it is his work

Photograph: Courtesy of Thierry Navarro, an unfinished oil on canvas measuring 43cm by 65cm, was among items from a deceased individual in Geneva auctioned in 1997. It was catalogued as a Freud. With the artist’s subsequent denial of his authorship, auctioneers would be unable to sell it today – just as Freud predicted.

 

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