Lot 161
  • 161

Francis Bacon

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Seated figure (Sabatier 7)
  • aquatint
  • image: 1340 by 980mm 52 3/4 by 38 5/8 in
  • sheet: 1625 by 1198mm 64 by 47 1/8 in
Aquatint printed in colours, 1992, with the stamped signature and the Francis Bacon Estate stamp, numbered in pencil 38/90 (total edition includes 30 artist's proofs), on Fabriano paper, with the printer's blindstamp Vigna Antoniniana, Rome, co-published by Marlborough and 2RC, Rome, and with the latter's blindstamp

Condition

With full margins, in good condition, a few soft handling creases at the upper sheet edge, an infrequent rust fleck in the margins and verso (mainly at lower sheet edge verso), unframed.
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