"Head on a Green Sofa": Lady Lambton's portrait
Autograph letter signed.
4 Delamere Terrace, [London], ca. 1960.
1 page in black ink on one side of a single sheet of paper (203 x 158 mm).
To Ben "Benno" Miller (1922/3-2015) ("dear Benno"), a bookmaker on Bond Street, London. Freud apologises for his recent absence from the "office" owing to a "temporary lack of ammunition" and arranges to discuss "the matter of Lady Lambton's account" - possibly a reference to Belinda ("Bindy"), Lady Lambton (1921-2003), whose portrait Freud painted in 1960/1; it was given the title "Head on a Green Sofa" and sold with much publicity in 2014.
Old creases and folds, ink smudged in places, faint circular stain, verso annotated in red crayon (with a five times table). Provenance: by direct descent from the recipient.
