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This print is part of a series of etchings of friends and family entitled 'Seven Portraits', drawn by the artist with a Japanese screwdriver bought from his local Woolworth's, then proofed and printed by Marc Balakjian at Studio Prints. They were made to accompany the deluxe edition of Robert Hughes’ monograph of the artist in 1990.

Jake Auerbach (b.1958), the artist's son, is a producer and documentary filmmaker, whose work includes a series on contemporary artists such as Paula Rego, Allen Jones, Lucian Freud, as well as his father. Jake's portrait resembles Auerbach’s expressive impasto painting; the plate was initially bitten for over four hours, then Auerbach added further lines and the plate was bitten for a further nine hours, culminating in a thickness of form which distinguishes it from the other sitters in 'Seven Portraits'.