Benefits Supervisor Sleeping.

Isn’t it truly remarkable?

The life-size figure in the artwork 'Benefits Supervisor Sleeping' was modeled by Sue Tilley, who posed for Lucian Freud over a period of four years.
During that time, four paintings were completed—so, on average, each one took about a year.
It’s said that she often fell asleep while he was painting, and he never woke her.
He simply continued working, trying to capture her as naturally as possible, just as she was.
There’s something deeply touching about that—the quiet trust and understanding between the artist and his model, a kind of unspoken friendship built over time.