Newly-discovered Freud painting goes on display

Sotheby's employee Chloe Stead holds Self Portrait with a Black Eye by British artist Lucian Freud as the newly discovered painting went on view to the public before being offered at auction.

The painting, which has never before been exhibited, is expected to fetch 3-4m at auction when it is offered at Sotheby's Sales of Impressionist and Modern Art, and Contemporary Art in London on February 10.

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