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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 12, 2023 | Sotheby's | London | Contemporary Evening Auction | 111 | $****** - ****** | Study for a Portrait |
paintings
36.2 x 30.5 cm (14.25 x 12.01 in)
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated 1979 (on the reverse)
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Private Collection, U.S.A.
Christie"s, New York, 20 November 1996, lot 22 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie"s, London, 5 February 2003, lot 3 (consigned by the above)
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Private Collection, U.S.A. (acquired from the above in 2006)
Sotheby"s, New York, 9 November 2011, lot 43 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, Monaco
Sotheby"s, Hong Kong, 6 October 2020, lot 1128 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Martin Harrison, ed., Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné , Volume IV, 1971-92 , vol. IV, London 2016, no. 79-08, p. 1187, illustrated in colour
Property of a Private Collector
Francis Bacon
1909 - 1992
Study for a Portrait
signed, titled and dated 1979 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36.2 by 30.5 cm.
14¼ by 12 in.
Executed in 1979.
