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BACON, FRANCIS

* 28.10.1909 Dublin, † 9.4.1992 Madrid

Francis Bacon was one of the most important English painters of the 20th century. He was born on 28 October 1909 in Dublin, Ireland. He began painting as a self-taught artist at the end of the 1920s, but only achieved his first great success with the triptych ‘Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion’, created in 1944. In his early oil paintings, he explored Surrealism and Cubism.

In the 1950s, he developed his own unmistakable style and created expressive, provocative portraits and nudes with a bleak prevailing atmosphere. Bacon's works are distinguished by their bold colours and haunting depictions, which often express pain, distortion, mutilation and passion. From 1951 to 1965, he created the successful series of Pope paintings based on a motif of Pope Innocent X. Together with Lucian Freud and Ben Nicholson, he designed the British Pavilion at the 27th Venice Biennale in 1954. A year later, his first retrospective was held in London. Francis Bacon received numerous prizes and awards. His works are to be found in renowned museums and private collections worldwide. Francis Bacon died of a heart attack in Madrid on 9 April 1992.

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3656 - A201 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 30 June 2022, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Étude pour un portrait du Pape Innocent X d'après Vélasquez. 1989.
Colour lithograph. E.A., artist's proof outside the edition 60. Image 94.5 × 68.5 cm on wove paper by Arches (with the watermark) 120 × 77 cm. Published and printed by Librairie Seguier for IRCAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3417 - Z24 Prints & Multiples - Friday 20 June 2008, 11.00 AM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Zweite Version des Tryptichons 1944. Grosses Format. 1980.
Lithographie E.A. (Gesamtauflage 60 Exemplare). Alle drei Lithographien unten rechts signiert: Francis Bacon. Darstellungen je 143 x 105 cm auf Vélin 179 x 120 cm. Verlegt durch IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordinantion acoustique/Musique) Centre Pompidou, Paris. Sehr schöner Zusatnd. Gerahmt.

CHF 25 000 / 35 000 | (€ 25 770 / 36 080)

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3406* - Z26 Prints & Multiples - Friday 19 June 2009, 10.30 AM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Oedipus and the Sphynx. 1984.
Lithographie 85 / 150. Unten rechts signiert: Francis Bacon. Darstellung 118 x 86 cm auf Vélin 127 x 90 cm. Gerahmt.

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3661 - A201 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 30 June 2022, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Seated Figure. 1992.
Colour etching and -aquatint. 47/90. With the engraved signature lower right: Francis Bacon. Image 134 × 98 cm on wove paper by Fabriano 162 × 120 cm. With the estate stamp lower right: FRANCIS BACON ESTATE. Published by Marlborough / 2RC, Rome. Printed by Stamperia d'Arte Vigna Antoniniana, Rome (with the blindstamp).

CHF 12 000 / 16 000 | (€ 12 370 / 16 490)

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3659 - A201 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 30 June 2022, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Portrait de Michel Leiris. 1990.
Colour etching and aquatint. XXVI/XLVI, H.C., hors commerce outside the edition of 100. Signed in pencil lower right: Francis Bacon. Image 30 × 25 cm on wove paper by Arches (with the watermark) 62.5 × 52 cm. Published by Editions Georges Visat & Cie, Paris (with the blindstamp). From the book "Requiem pour la Fin des Temps".

CHF 7 000 / 9 000 | (€ 7 220 / 9 280)

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3660 - A201 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 30 June 2022, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Œdipe et le Sphinx d'après Ingres. 1984.
Colour lithograph. 117/150. Signed in pencil lower right: Francis Bacon. Image 116.4 × 85.7 cm on firm wove paper 127.3 × 90 cm. Published by Éditions de la Différence, Paris. Printed by Arts Litho Paris (with the blindstamp).

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3874 - A193 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 04 July 2020, 11.00 AM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Étude pour un portrait de John Edwards. 1986.
Colour lithograph. 43/150. Signed in pencil lower right: Francis Bacon. Image 60.7 × 45.2 cm on wove paper by Arches (with the watermark) 80.9 × 59.7 cm. Published by Yves Peyré for the literature magazine L'Ire des Vents, Paris. Printed by Galerie Lelong, Paris. After the right panel of the triptych "Three studies for a portrait of John Edwards", dating 1984.

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3658 - A201 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 30 June 2022, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Portrait de Peter Beard. 1976.
Colour etching and -aquatint. 59/100. Signed in pencil lower right: Francis Bacon. Image 26.5 × 22.8 cm on wove paper by Arches (with the watermark) 38 × 28.4 cm, double page. Cover page of the book by Eddy Batache "La Mysticité Charnelle de René Crevel". Published and printed by Georges Visat, Paris.

CHF 7 000 / 9 000 | (€ 7 220 / 9 280)

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3677 - Z37 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 06 December 2014, 01.30 PM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Figure writing reflected in mirror. 1977.
Farblithografie. 4/180. Unten rechts mit der verblassten Signatur: Francis Bacon. Darstellung 85 x 63,5 cm auf Vélin von Arches (mit dem Wasserzeichen) 102 x 72 cm. Erschienen bei Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris. Gedruckt bei Mourlot (im Stein vermerkt). Nach dem Gemälde "After Figure writing reflected in the mirror" von 1976.

CHF 4 000 / 5 000 | (€ 4 120 / 5 150)

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3207* - Z16 Prints & Multiples - Wednesday 23 June 2004, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Aus dem Portfolio "Requiem pour la fin des Temps". 1978.
Komposition mit Figur und Waschbecken. Aquatinta.Radierung 33 / 100. Unten rechts signiert: Francis Bacon. Kupferplatte 47 x 36 cm auf Vélin d'Arches 67 x 52 cm. Mit Blindprägestempel des Verlegers Editions Georges Visat, Paris. Sehr schöner Zustand.

CHF 4 500 / 6 000 | (€ 4 640 / 6 190)

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3206* - Z16 Prints & Multiples - Wednesday 23 June 2004, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
Aus dem Portfolio "Requiem pour la fin des Temps". 1978.
Kopf. Aquatinta-Radierung 33 / 100. Unten rechts signiert: Francis Bacon. Kupferplatte 30 x 25 cm. Auf Vélin d'Arches 67 x 52 cm. Blindprägestempel des Verlegers Editions Georges Visat, Paris. Sehr schöner Zustand.

CHF 3 800 / 5 000 | (€ 3 920 / 5 150)

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FRANCIS BACON

Lot 3611 - Z27 Prints & Multiples - Friday 04 December 2009, 10.00 AM

FRANCIS BACON

(Dublin 1909–1992 Madrid)
In memory of George Dyer. 1975.
Offset-Lithographie 9/200. Unten rechts schwer lesbar signiert: Francis Bacon. Darstellung 75,5 x 55,5 cm auf Kunstdruckpapier 85,5 x 61 cm. Verlegt bei Marlborough Graphics.

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