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Early portrait denied by Lucian Freud shown for first time after authentication
Artist said Man in a Black Scarf was not his but evidence has emerged to show he painted it when a student in Suffolk
TL;DR
- A painting titled "Man in a Black Scarf," created by Lucian Freud in 1939, will be exhibited publicly for the first time.
- Freud denied the work was his for years, possibly due to a feud with the original owners, Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping.
- Evidence from the Tate Britain archive, showing Freud was painting John Jameson in 1939, has helped authenticate the work.
- The painting will be shown at the Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint exhibition in London.
- The work is speculated to be worth over £300,000, with other Freud pieces fetching much higher prices.