Lucian Freud portrait could fetch $29 million at Christie's

LONDON (AP) — Christie's is selling a Lucian Freud painting of his pregnant daughter as part of a sale representing centuries of British portraiture. "Ib and her Husband," painted in 1992, is valued at about 18 million pounds ($29 million). Works by Freud, who died in 2011 at 88, have sold for as much as $56 million. The painting is part of a June 30 "Defining British Art" sale, announced Thursday, marking the 250th birthday of Christie's auction house. Other lots include Joshua Reynolds' 1778 "Portrait of Lucy Long," valued at up to 3 million pounds ($4.4 million) and Lord Leighton's "Golden Hours" from 1864.Read more on NewsOK.com

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