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Big Sue to fetch big bucks for "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping"
By John Hockenberry and Adaora Udoji
May 12, 2008, 11:00 AM
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Sue Tilley met British painter Lucian Freud at a London nightclub. Now his painting of her is expected to fetch up to 35 million dollars — making it the most expensive work ever by a living artist.
The painting is called “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” — in reference to Tilley’s day job. She manages an employment office in Central London. We talk to Sue Tilley at her desk, in the middle of her workday.
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