''Head on a Green Sofa'' is an oil painting by

Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewis ...

executed in 1960-1961. It is a portrait of the late Lady Lambton, wife of

Antony Lambton Antony Claud Frederick Lambton, (10 July 1922 – 30 December 2006), briefly 6th Earl of Durham, styled before 1970 as Viscount Lambton, and widely known as Lord Lambton, was a Conservative Member of Parliament and a cousin of Sir Alec Douglas ...

, Viscount Lambton, 6th Earl of Durham. It was sold at

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, London, 12 February 2014 by its then owner

Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham (born 19 October 1961), is a British musician and a member of the band, 'Pearl, TN'. He is better known as Ned Lambton. Early life He was born in 1961, the youngest child and only son of Belinda Blew-Jones an ...

, for £2,994,500.

Citations

Bibliography

* Lawrence Gowing. ''Lucian Freud'', London 1982, p. 121, no. 95, illustrated. * Exhibition Catalogue, Rome, Palazzo Ruspoli, ''Lucian Freud: Dipinti e opera su carta 1940-1991'', 1991, p. 22, illustrated. * Robert Hughes, ''Lucian Freud Paintings'', London 1993, p. 22, illustrated in colour. * Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall, Eds. ''Lucian Freud'', London 1996, no. 96, illustrated in colour. 1961 paintings Paintings by Lucian Freud Portraits of women {{20C-painting-stub