For the premiere of “The Picture” podcast, Bill Acquavella is joined by artist and author David Dawson in a discussion of their dear friend, the remarkably talented painter Lucian Freud. In his introduction, Philippe de Montebello also recounts a momentous meeting with Brooke Astor, who, as a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was transfixed by Freud’s portrayal of what she called “a repulsive mound of flesh.”
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Lucian Freud
“Eli and David”
2005-06
Oil on canvas
56 x 45 inches (142 x 117 cm)
Private Collection
© The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images
