She Posed for Lucian Freud. Now the Painting Could Sell for $45 Million

Sue Tilley posed nude for Lucian Freud in the 1990s for a modest day rate. Decades later, Sotheby’s expects Freud’s 1996 portrait “Sleeping by the Lion Carpet” to sell for £25 million to £35 million at a London auction. In this short, we look at Tilley’s reaction to the surreal gap between sitting for a painting and seeing it later valued in the tens of millions. Two other Freud portraits of Tilley already made auction history, including “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping,” which sold for $33.6 million in 2008. Tilley says the huge valuation feels strange because she never shared in the later financial windfall. Now, reflecting on the work, she says she accepts herself and hopes the buyer values the painting for more than money. Source: CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/30/style/sue-tilley-lucian-freud-sothebys-auction

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