It’s the Post War Contemporary Sale tonight at Christie’s and there are a number of charming lots. Not too long ago I would have used PWC as an acronym for Price Waterhouse Coopers, the accounting firm … how long it’s been since those days! This particular painting by Freud captures my heart- I find myself asking if the rabbit is alive sleeping or dead and I like that quizzical element of it- an answer which depends on my mood of the moment. Lucian Freud (b. 1922) Rabbit on a Chair signed ‘Lucian Freud’ (lower right); dated ‘April 44’ (upper left) pencil and crayon on paper 18 7/8 x 12¼in. (48 x 31cm.) Executed in 1944 £300,000 - 400,000.

It’s the Post War Contemporary Sale tonight at Christie’s and there are a number of charming lots. Not too long ago I would have used PWC as an acronym for Price Waterhouse Coopers, the accounting firm … how long it’s been since those days! This particular painting by Freud captures my heart- I find myself asking if the rabbit is alive sleeping or dead and I like that quizzical element of it- an answer which depends on my mood of the moment.

Lucian Freud (b. 1922)
Rabbit on a Chair
signed ‘Lucian Freud’ (lower right); dated ‘April 44’ (upper left)
pencil and crayon on paper
18 7/8 x 12¼in. (48 x 31cm.)
Executed in 1944 
£300,000 - 400,000.

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