![]() "Never has Freud's phrase, 'a human is an animal with his clothes off,' seemed more relevant," she said. Howgate recalled having breakfast with Freud three weeks before his death and hearing how excited he was by the picture. ![]() It had been known by Freud as both Davidscape and Portrait of the Hound, with the latter winning out. It shows a naked Dawson looking up, with his dog relaxing nearby. His final work was, said curator Sarah Howgate, "a commanding and affectionate" portrait of a man who had been the artist's assistant for 20 years. The exhibition, the first major show to focus on Freud's portrait work, had been planned in close partnership with the artist, who died aged 88 in July. The National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday revealed details of what will be a blockbuster, with more than 100 works filling most of the ground floor gallery space. ![]()
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