FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
Dublin 1909-1992 Madrid (Irish / British)

Title: Portrait of Michel Leiris, 1976/78

Technique: Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Arches Wove Paper

Paper size: 67.5 x 52 cm. / 26.6 x 20.5 in.
Image size: 30 x 25 cm. /

Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Francis Bacon” at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered from the edition of 100 at the lower left margin. There were a further 43 hors commerce impressions numbered in Roman numerals.
It was printed and published by Georges Visat Editions in Paris.
The paper bears the Arches watermark and the publisher’s blind stamp in the lower right margin.

Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles, California;
Private Collection, Los Angeles, California (gifted directly from the above);
Private Collection, Los Angeles, California (acquired directly from the above, c. 2000)

Literature:
1. Tacou, A. (2008). Francis Bacon: Estampes – Collection Alexandre Tacou. Paris: Bervillé Éditions.
Reference: Tacou 34.
2. Sabatier, B. (2012). Francis Bacon: Oeuvre Graphique – The Graphic Work: Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: JSC Modern Art Gallery.
Reference: Sabatier 2.

Condition: very good condition. A very pale, unobtrusive band of staining vissible in raking light in the upper left margin.

FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
Dublin 1909-1992 Madrid (Irish / British)

Title: Study of a Portrait II, after the Life Mask of William Blake, 1991

Technique: Hand Signed and Inscribed Lithograph in Colours on BFK Rives Wove Paper

Paper size: 80 x 60 cm. / 31.5 x 23.6 in.
Image size: 60 x 25 cm. / 23.6 x 9.8 in.

Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Francis Bacon” at the lower right margin.
It is also inscribed “E.A” in the lower left margin. Our impression is an “epreuve d’artiste” [artist’s proof] aside from the standard edition of 60.
It was printed by Art Estampe, Paris and published by Libraire Séguier.
The paper bears the BFK Rives watermark in the lower right margin. The publisher’s blindstamp is in the lower left margin.

Literature:
1. Tacou, A. (2008). Francis Bacon: Estampes – Collection Alexandre Tacou. Paris: Bervillé Éditions.
Reference: Tacou 29.
2. Sabatier, B. (2012). Francis Bacon: Oeuvre Graphique – The Graphic Work: Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: JSC Modern Art Gallery.
Reference: Sabatier 27

Condition: Very good condition. Minor handling creases in the lower and upper margin.

FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
Dublin 1909-1992 Madrid (Irish / British)

Title: Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptych 1944, 1989

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper

Paper size: 75.2 x 56 cm. / 29.6 x 22.1 in.
Image size: 62 x 46 cm. / 24 x 18.1 in.

Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Francis Bacon” at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered from the edition of 60 at the lower left margin. There were a further eight Artist’s Proofs and 23 hors commerce impressions
It was printed by Art Estampe, Paris and published by IRCAM for the Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris.
The paper bears the Arches infinity watermark in the lower right margin.

Literature:
1. Tacou, A. (2008). Francis Bacon: Estampes – Collection Alexandre Tacou. Paris: Bervillé Éditions.
Reference: Tacou 25.
2. Sabatier, B. (2012). Francis Bacon : Oeuvre Graphique – The Graphic Work: Catalogue Raisonné. Paris : JSC Modern Art Gallery.
Reference: Sabatier 24

Condition: Excellent condition. Minor scuffing in the lower image visble in raking light.

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