Lot 67
  • 67

Francis Bacon

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Triptych 1991 (Right panel) (Sabatier 9)
  • etching and aquatint
  • image: 134 by 98.6cm.; 52 3/4 by 38 7/8 in.; sheet: 162.8 by 120.6cm.; 63 3/4 by 47 1/2 in
Aquatint printed in colours, 1992, with the stamped-signature and the blindstamp of the artist's estate, numbered 'XXV/XXVI' (aside from the edition of 84), with the printer's blindstamp, Vigna Antoniniana, Rome, co-published by Marlborough Graphics, New York and 2RC Edizioni d'Arte, Rome, with their blindstamp, on wove paper

Condition

With full margins, in good condition apart from five small nicks in the lower part of the image (to the left of the subject's foot) with some minor pigment loss, the hinges pressing through at the upper sheet corners, some very small unobtrusive specks of discoloration at the upper right corner of the plate, other minor defects, framed.
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