Big Sue to fetch big bucks for ‘Benefits Supervisor Sleeping’
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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