The Case of the Disputed Lucian Freud

[prismatic]

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/26/the-case-of-the-disputed-lucian-freud

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https://web.archive.org/web/20220924184005/https://www.newyo...

[elliekelly]

> When a dealer asked Freud to sign the sketches, he was furious, writing, “John Craxton is a cunt” on one of them.

I imagine this would have the opposite effect than what was intended? Art that comes with a funny or interesting anecdote is worth more.