This nude painting, which depicts a man in a vulnerable and introspective pose with a rat, is housed in the art gallery of western australia in perth, australia. ‘naked man with rat’ was created in 1977 by lucian freud in expressionism style Naked man with rat is a perfect example of this There is a complex and somewhat awkward feeling about the painting, for which freud's application of paint is largely responsible It encourages us to read all the various elements as being on the same register, as being similarly important. He was lucian freud’s first male nude who posed naked for nine months with a drugged rat on his thigh
Back lucian freud naked man with rat 1977/78 oil on canvas 91.5 x 91.5 cm Collection art gallery of western australia
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