Lot 176
  • 176

Francis Bacon

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Œdipe and the Sphinx after Ingres (Sabatier 18)
  • lithograph
  • image: 1160 by 855mm 45 5/8 by 33 5/8 in
  • sheet: 1280 by 900mm 50 3/8 by 35 3/8 in
Lithograph printed in colours, 1984, signed in pencil, inscribed 'H C' (an hors commerce impression aside from the edition of 150), printed by Arts Litho, published by Éditions de la Differénce, Paris, on wove paper, framed

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from minor handling creases, the margins with pale paper discoloration and areas of slight rubbing, short creases at extreme sheet edges, an area of pale scattered foxing in upper left margin, the verso with minor handling marks, framed.
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