Lot 182
  • 182

Francis Bacon

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Oedipus and the Sphinx after Ingres
  • Image: 1167 by 857mm; 45 7/8 by 33¾in
  • Sheet: 1272 by 900mm; 50 1/8 by 35 3/8 in
Lithograph printed in colours, 1984, after the painting of 1983, signed in pencil, numbered 85/150, published by Editions de la Différence, Paris, with full margins, in good condition apart from several short handling creases verso visible recto in a raking light

Condition

In good fresh condition, there is are three sharp handling creases verso at the left edge of the sheet, these are visible recto in a raking light.
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