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Joe Lewis Collection Features Museum-Quality Art Auctioning Soon

2/13/2026

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Works from Joe Lewis's collection by London School artists debut at the Breuer in New York and will be auctioned in London on March 4.
Sotheby’s Tom Eddison described the works by the painters Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon as museum-quality, highlighting their historical significance and early American reception, and exhibitions have heightened market visibility.
The painting 'Blond Girl on a Bed' by Freud (1987) is estimated at £6–8 million.

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Works from Joe Lewis's collection by London School artists debut at the Breuer in New York and will be auctioned in London on March 4.
Sotheby’s Tom Eddison described the works by the painters Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon as museum-quality, highlighting their historical significance and early American reception, and exhibitions have heightened market visibility.
The painting 'Blond Girl on a Bed' by Freud (1987) is estimated at £6–8 million.