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A painting by the artist Lucian Freud (grandson to the famous psychiatrist) was purchased at Christie's this week for an astounding $33 million (£17 million pounds) dollars, the highest amount ever paid for a piece of work by a living artist.

The best part about this artsy-fartsy news?

It's a portrait of Sue Tilly, a benefits supervisor in London (link Not Safe For Work), sprawled on a couch, naked. That might not seem like news, but Ms. Tilly is a rather large woman.

Fat chicks rule!!! WHOO!

A larger image of the portrait is here at Gawker, and the image is completely Not Safe For Work. She's naked, duh
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Posted on May. 15th, 2008 at 03:06 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]siberian_skys

That brightened my mood when I saw it, as well. I felt like my fat ass was vindicated.

And in other fat girl news, the "fat chic" won America's Next Top Model last night. I don't make a habit of watching it, but I've been known to channel surf by it. I was curious, so I watched the end.
Posted on May. 15th, 2008 07:26 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]rhymephile

The fat chick won???? AWESOME! I never thought that would happen. I hope she actually gets work, unlike the rest of the past winners.

Hmm, now I need to go read about this at Television Without Pity.
Posted on May. 15th, 2008 07:41 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]siberian_skys

I've been wondering what size she really is. They call her full-figured/plus-sized, but in the fashion industry that could be anything above a 10. She's round and curvy, though, unlike the rest of the skinny wenches.
Posted on May. 15th, 2008 07:44 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]inlaterdays

That's awesome and the painting is gorgeous.

I'm a skinny chick but I admire the amply-endowed of both genders.

People are cool in their infinite variety.
Posted on May. 15th, 2008 07:38 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]rhymephile

Lucian is 85, and apparently he's painted this lady four times. It's amazing that someone paid that much for it.

I was reading in the Gawker comments that the commenter's art professor wished non-athletic non-20-somethings would pose, just for variety.

But shit, I could never do that. Besides, I have too many tattoos, LOL.
Posted on May. 15th, 2008 07:43 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]siberian_skys

Tats are art. :-) I thought about posing for the art school when I was in college. I chickened out. Now, I kind of wish I had.
Posted on May. 15th, 2008 07:45 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]inlaterdays

NOW I WANT PIX!

Tats are cool. I don't have any though.

I modeled for a photographer friend for awhile, but I am unremarkable. He's really good though.
Posted on May. 15th, 2008 07:51 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]lorelei633

I saw that on the BBC website and whooped for joy. She's one hell of a lady. I hope she gets part of the proceeds. ;)
Posted on May. 15th, 2008 11:05 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]foxestacado

Wow, that is so gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! Now that I look at the painting, I realize I know Freud. We studied his paintings at the Marie Walsh Art Foundation, when our professor was lecturing on how to paint "volume" in our paintings of our models. I painted a rather large model, but it turned out so badly (I completely had no control over colors at the time) that I painted over it when I got back from Colorado.
Posted on May. 16th, 2008 04:48 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply
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