Lot 138
  • 138

Francis Bacon

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • three Studies for a self portrait
  • Lithograph
  • Each image: 337 by 287mm; 13¼ by 11¼in
  • Sheet: 517 by 936mm; 20 3/8 by 36 7/8 in
Lithograph printed in colours, 1990, signed in pencil, numbered E.A., an artist's proof impression aside from the edition of 60, on Arches wove paper, published by IRCAM for the Centre Pompidou, Paris

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from some minor handling creases to the left hand edge and a handling crease to the upper margin at left, a small tear in the deckle of the right hand edge and two faint dirt marks to the upper margin. Framed.
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