Benefits Supervisor Sleeping is a 1995 painting by Lucian Freud depicting a morbidly obese, naked woman. It is a portrait of Sue Tilley, weighted 127kg[1], a Job Centre boss, who was affectionately called 'Fat Sue' by ITV1 newsreader Katie Derham, which caused a lot of press attention. Tilley is also the author of a biography of Australian performer Leigh Bowery titled Leigh Bowery The Life and Times of an Icon.
The painting holds the world record for the highest price paid for a painting by a living artist, of US$33.6 million (£17.2 million).[2] It was sold at Christie's in New York in May 2008 to Roman Abramovich.[3]
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The painting holds the world record for the highest price paid for a painting by a living artist, of US$33.6 million (£17.2 million).[2] It was sold at Christie's in New York in May 2008 to Roman Abramovich.[3]
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