Benefits Supervisor Sleeping

Benefits Supervisor Sleeping

"Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" is a 1995 painting by Lucian Freud depicting an obese, naked woman. It is a portrait of Sue Tilley, a Job Centre boss. Tilley is also the author of a biography of Australian performer Leigh Bowery titled “Leigh Bowery The Life and Times of an Icon”.

The painting holds the world record for the highest price paid for a work of art by a living artist, of US$33.6 million (£17.2 million). [cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7398949.stm
title = Freud work sets new world record
accessdate = 2008-05-14
publisher = BBC Online
] It was sold at Christie's in New York in May 2008 to Roman Abramovich. [cite web
url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1981367/Roman-Abramovich-revealed-as-Freud-and-Bacon-buyer.html
title = Roman Abramovich 'revealed as Freud and Bacon buyer'
accessdate = 2008-05-18
publisher = The Daily Telegraph
]

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