Lucian Freud's Portrait to be Auctioned at Christie's in London

The striking portrait of Lucian Freud's model and lover Janey Longman will be auctioned for the first time at Christie's London with an estimate of £10m to £15m. In 1987, the "Girl with Eyes Closed" was purchased by James Kirkman, Freud's art dealer. The painting is kept in a private British collection, and it's being sold in the same frame Freud chose for the piece.
"Cropped just below her right breast, Girl with Eyes Closed (1986-87) captures Longman's "quiet contentment"… “It's incredibly serene," noting how the work nods to the motif of the sleeping woman throughout art history from Giorgione's Sleeping Venus to Picasso's many depictions of a slumbering Marie Thérèse." Katharine Arnold, the co-head of post-war and contemporary art, Europe, at Christie's states.
Longman is the subject of three of Freud's portraits, including "Naked Girl" (1985-86) and "Two Women" (1992) in addition to "Girl with Eyes Closed".
 "These paintings are so incredibly rare… think it will appeal tremendously to people, not only to historic Freud collectors but also to international collectors worldwide who may never have looked at Freud. It just has that universality to it. It's one of the most special things I've handled in my career." Arnold says.