Lot 372
  • 372

Francis Bacon

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Study from the Human Body
  • Image: 460 by 338mm; 18 1/8 by 13¼in
  • Sheet: 650 by 500mm; 23 7/8 by 19 5/8 in
Lithograph printed in colours, 1981, after the painting of the same year, signed in pencil, inscribed E.A., an artist's proof aside from the numbered edition of 150, published by Editions de la Difference, Paris, with their blindstamp, on wove paper, with wide margins, in good condition apart from the sheet stuck down at extreme edges recto with paper-tape to a sheet of glass.

Condition

Please note the sheet stuck down at the edges with paper tape. One or two fox marks to lower margin. A small stain at lower left extreme edge of sheet.
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