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Francis Bacon
Miroir de la tauromachie (Mirror of the Bullfight) (S. 29-30, T. 37)
- Estimate
- £40,000 - 60,000♠
Lot Details
The complete set of four lithographs in colours, on Arches paper folded (as issued), with letterpress text on the inside pages, the full sheets, with title page, colophon and the original cloth-covered portfolio with printed title.
1990
one I. 25 x 21 cm (9 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
all S. (folded) 47.9 x 35.9 cm (18 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
portfolio 51.2 x 38.5 x 4 cm (20 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
all S. (folded) 47.9 x 35.9 cm (18 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
portfolio 51.2 x 38.5 x 4 cm (20 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
All signed in pencil, numbered 111/150 in pencil on the colophon (there were also 5 hors commerce sets in Roman numerals), published by Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, printed in France, all framed.
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Francis Bacon
Irish-British | B. 1909 D. 1992Francis Bacon was a larger-than-life figure during his lifetime and remains one now more than ever. Famous for keeping a messy studio, and even more so for his controversial, celebrated depictions of papal subjects and bullfights, often told in triptychs, Bacon signified the blinding dawn of the Modern era. His signature blurred portraits weren't murky enough to stave off his reputation as highly contentious—his paintings were provocations against social order in the people's eye. But, Bacon often said, "You can't be more horrific than life itself."
In conversation with yet challenging the conventions of Modern art, Bacon was known for his triptychs brutalizing formalist truths, particularly Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, which Bacon debuted in London in 1944, and Three Studies of Lucian Freud, which became famous when it set the record for most expensive work of art at auction at the time it sold in 2013.
Browse ArtistIn conversation with yet challenging the conventions of Modern art, Bacon was known for his triptychs brutalizing formalist truths, particularly Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, which Bacon debuted in London in 1944, and Three Studies of Lucian Freud, which became famous when it set the record for most expensive work of art at auction at the time it sold in 2013.