Rembrandt to Richter
Rembrandt to Richter
Property from a Private American Collection
This lot has been withdrawn
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Property from a Private American Collection
FRANCIS BACON
1909 - 1992
STUDY FOR PORTRAIT OF JOHN EDWARDS
signed, titled and dated 1986 on the reverse
oil, pastel and aerosol paint on canvas
198 by 147.5 cm. 78 by 58 in.
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London
Private Collection
Private Collection, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner
M. Leiris, Francis Bacon, Paris 1987, n.p., no. 154, illustrated in colour
A. Sinclair, Francis Bacon: His Life and Violent Times, London 1993, p. 271, text
W. Schmeid, Francis Bacon: Commitment and Conflict, Munich and New York 1996, n.p., no. 59, illustrated in colour
W. Feaver, ‘Scrambled heads and Bacon’, The Observer, 1996, p. 12, illustrated
P. Hensher, ‘The Brit pack’, The Mail on Sunday, 1996, p. 33, illustrated
C. Domino, Francis Bacon: Taking Reality by Surprise, London 1997, p. 48, illustrated in colour
C. Domino, Bacon, Monstre de Peinture, Paris 1996 and London 1997, p. 48, illustrated in colour
D. Sylvester, Looking Back at Francis Bacon, London 2000, p. 161, no. 124, illustrated
M. Cappock, Francis Bacon’s Studio, London 2005, p. 55, no. 92, illustrated in colour
Exh. Cat., London, Tate Britain (and travelling), Francis Bacon, 2008-09, p. 39, illustrated in colour (installation view, Francis Bacon, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Washington, 1989)
R. Arya, Francis Bacon: Critical and Theoretical Perspectives, New York 2012, p. 157 illustrated
R. Arya, Francis Bacon: Painting in a Godless World, London 2012, p. 124, text
D. Sylvester, Interviews with Francis Bacon, New York 2012, p. 177, no. 134, illustrated
M. Harrison, Ed., Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume IV. 1971-92, London 2016, p. 1320, no. 86-06, illustrated in colour