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London: Christies is selling an artwork by British painter Lucian Freud in New York in May, which the company expects to become the most expensive work sold at auction by a living artist.
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, painted in 1995, is a life-size depiction of London benefits supervisor Sue Tilley lying naked and asleep on a dilapidated sofa.
The company estimates the painting will make between $25 and $35 million, exceeding the current auction record of $23.6 million paid for Jeff Koons's artwork.
"Appearing at auction for the first time, this work has been featured in a number of the major Freud exhibitions and is expected to set a new world auction record for a work by any living artist," said Pilar Ordovas, head of post-war and contemporary art at Christie's.
The painting will be offered at the New York post-war and contemporary art auction on May 13 and goes on public view at Christie's in London on April 11, 14 and 15.
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