View full screen - View 1 of Lot 495. Portrait of Francis Bacon.

Property from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation

Red Grooms

Portrait of Francis Bacon

Lot Closed

February 28, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

We may charge or debit your saved payment method subject to the terms set out in our Conditions of Business for Buyers.

Read more.

Lot Details

Description

Property from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation

Red Grooms

b. 1937


Portrait of Francis Bacon

signed and dated 1990 (on the edge of the sink)

mixed media on canvas

diameter: 72 in.

182.8 cm.

Executed in 1990.


Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Juliette Saylor at Juliette.Saylor@sothebys.com

Marlborough Gallery, New York

William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired from the above in 1991)

Acquired as a gift in 2015 from the above

New York, Marlborough Gallery, New Works, 1992

New York, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Red Groom's New York City, 2013, p. 36

Naples Art Institute, The Artist's Hand: Selections from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, August - November 2022, no. 18, p. 26, illustrated in color