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Portrait of Kate Moss Sold for $7.29M
AP (via Yahoo) ^ | 09 Feb 05

Posted on 02/09/2005 6:58:33 PM PST by Drew68

Portrait of Kate Moss Sold for $7.29M

Wed Feb 9, 4:47 PM ET

LONDON - Lucian Freud's painting of a naked and pregnant Kate Moss was sold at auction Wednesday for $7.29 million, and another Freud painting went for even more — a record for the artist.

Christie's auction house said an anonymous telephone bidder bought the picture of the model, "Naked Portrait 2002," the centerpiece of its sale of postwar and contemporary art, for slightly more than its pre-sale estimate.

Another Freud painting, "Red Haired Man on a Chair," sold for $7.71 million, a record price for the artist at auction.

About 600 people packed the Christie's salesroom and spilled into an adjoining room, where some watched the fierce bidding on a television screen.

Sold by an anonymous private collector, the Moss picture shows the model pregnant with daughter Lila Grace, who is now 2.

"We are delighted with the results of the sale of the two works by Freud, painted exactly 40 years apart," said Christie's spokeswoman Catherine Manson. "They are stunning and highly sought-after."

Freud, 82, is considered one of Britain's greatest living artists, and is known for vast, mottled nudes of his friends and acquaintances. A grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, he has also painted a fully clad Queen Elizabeth II.

Christie's said the near life-size portrait of a reclining Moss "is very rare in Freud's oeuvre for being one of only a few portraits the artist has painted of well-known or famous people."


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: katemoss; supermodel
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Follow the link for a photo. It is a nude so I didn't think I'd better post it (even though it is not explicit or even looks much like Moss).

Kinda reminds me of Kramer's portrait except it's nude and it's Kate Moss.

1 posted on 02/09/2005 6:58:33 PM PST by Drew68
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But the portrait of Kramer looked like Kramer. This doesn't look like Kate Moss, IMO.

BTW, why is her crotch the center of the painting?


2 posted on 02/09/2005 7:01:04 PM PST by AQGeiger (Have you hugged your soldier today?)
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To: Drew68

I have this feeling that I should know who Kate Moss is, but I don't.


3 posted on 02/09/2005 7:01:38 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Drew68

Proves some people's taste is limited to their mouths.


4 posted on 02/09/2005 7:01:58 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Drew68

WTH is Kate Moss?


5 posted on 02/09/2005 7:02:32 PM PST by Radioactive
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To: Drew68

I have to say a pretty lousy painting.


6 posted on 02/09/2005 7:02:47 PM PST by Williams
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To: Drew68

I can't say it's very flattering. I suspect she bought it herself so she can burn it.


7 posted on 02/09/2005 7:03:54 PM PST by zlala
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To: Drew68
Your comment kinda reminds me of this Simpsons gem:
BURNS: "Say, I wonder if this Homer Nixon is any relation?"
SMITHERS: "Unlikely sir, they spell and pronounce their names differently."
8 posted on 02/09/2005 7:05:01 PM PST by billybudd
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To: Radioactive

British supermodel.


9 posted on 02/09/2005 7:05:51 PM PST by Happygal (liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
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To: Williams
I have to say a pretty lousy painting.

I can't even see any of the velvet through the paint.

10 posted on 02/09/2005 7:06:03 PM PST by Stentor
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To: Drew68

I've seen photos of the Kate Moss painting before and kinda liked it. But I didn't like it enough to pay seven million for it.

In fact, I think it's obscene to spend that much money on a picture.


11 posted on 02/09/2005 7:07:12 PM PST by Happygal (liberalism - a narrow tribal outlook largely founded on class prejudice)
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To: Radioactive
WTH is Kate Moss?

A famous British model during the "heroin chic" days of the early 1990s.


12 posted on 02/09/2005 7:07:38 PM PST by Drew68
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OK...my immediate thought of what a picture of Kate Moss looked like was more like this: according to THAT painting, it seems she's finally added a few pounds.
13 posted on 02/09/2005 7:07:50 PM PST by ZinGirl
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I don't think it's an accurate painting. There's too much flesh. Kate Moss is a waif.


14 posted on 02/09/2005 7:08:08 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: Drew68

It's not flattering, or well done.

I think I could do better painting it - at least if Bob Ross was painting along with me. ;~D


15 posted on 02/09/2005 7:09:25 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: Radioactive; Izzy Dunne

Kate Moss was an extremely emaciated supermodel of five or so years ago.

I could be wrong with the timing as I don't keep up much with the fashion business.


16 posted on 02/09/2005 7:11:36 PM PST by mplsconservative
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To: Drew68

Damn. Imagine how much a nekkid picture of Britney Spears would go for!?!!


17 posted on 02/09/2005 7:11:50 PM PST by gg188
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That CAN'T be Kate Moss !
SHE's WAY TO FAT ! ;-)


18 posted on 02/09/2005 7:12:10 PM PST by austinmark (If GOD Had Been A Liberal, We Wouldn't Have Had The Ten Commandments- We'd Have The Ten Suggestions.)
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why is her crotch the center of the painting?

that's where the baby comes out. didn't you see the movie?

19 posted on 02/09/2005 7:12:55 PM PST by Monti Cello (We've got to move these refrigerators. We've got to move these color TV's.)
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To: Drew68
I looked at the painting.

I could see Kate and I could darn sure see her moss.

20 posted on 02/09/2005 7:14:29 PM PST by isthisnickcool (This space for rent.)
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