Contemporary Evening Auction
Contemporary Evening Auction
Property of a Private Collector
Study for a Portrait
Auction Closed
October 12, 06:59 PM GMT
Estimate
3,500,000 - 4,500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private Collector
Francis Bacon
1909 - 1992
Study for a Portrait
signed, titled and dated 1979 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36.2 by 30.5 cm.
14¼ by 12 in.
Executed in 1979.
Private Collection, U.S.A.
Christie’s, New York, 20 November 1996, lot 22 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie’s, London, 5 February 2003, lot 3 (consigned by the above)
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Private Collection, U.S.A. (acquired from the above in 2006)
Sotheby’s, New York, 9 November 2011, lot 43 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, Monaco
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 6 October 2020, lot 1128 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
London, Olympia Exhibition Halls, Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, February – March 1996, n.p., illustrated in colour
London, Gagosian Gallery, Francis Bacon: Triptychs, June – August 2006, p. 25, illustrated in colour
Montpellier, Musée Fabre de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole and Paris, Centre Pompidou, Francis Bacon/Bruce Nauman. Face to Face, July – November 2017, no. 42, p. 164, illustrated in colour
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