© Frank Auerbach, courtesy Marlborough Fine Art

This is a profile portrait of the artist's wife, Julia Wolstenholme, whom Auerbach met at the Royal College of Art in London. This and the portrait of David Landau were the first two works in this series of etchings of friends and family, entitled 'Seven Portraits', drawn by the artist using a Woolworth’s Japanese screwdriver, and made to accompany the deluxe edition of Robert Hughes’ monograph, 'Frank Auerbach', in 1990.