Head on a Green Sofa is an oil painting by Lucian Freud executed in 1960-1961. It is held in a private collection.
It is a portrait of Lady Lambton, wife of Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton, 6th Earl of Durham. She is shown reclined in a couch, apparently sleeping or resting. It was sold at Sotheby's, London, 12 February 2014 by its then owner Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, for £2,994,500.
Citations
Bibliography Lawrence Gowing. Lucian Freud, London 1982, p. 121, no. 95, illustrated. Exhibition Catalogue, Rome, Palazzo Ruspoli, Lucian Freud: Dipinti e opera su carta 1940-1991, 1991, p. 22, illustrated. Robert Hughes, Lucian Freud Paintings, London 1993, p. 22, illustrated in colour. Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall, Eds. Lucian Freud, London 1996, no. 96, illustrated in colour.