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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations
Francis Bacon
Three Studies for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes
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October 14, 07:33 PM GMT
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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations
Francis Bacon
1909 - 1992
Three Studies for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes
titled 3 Studies For Portrait of Henrietta Moraes and dated 1963 (on the reverse of the central canvas)
oil on canvas, in three parts
each: 35.5 by 30.5 cm. 14 by 12 in.
Executed in 1963.
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弗朗西斯・培根
1909 - 1992年
《亨莉塔・莫瑞絲肖像習作三幅》
款識：書題目3 Studies For Portrait of Henrietta Moraes並紀年1963（中間畫布背面）
油彩畫布，共三部分
各：35.5 x 30.5 公分；14 x 12 英寸
1963年作
William S. Paley, New York (acquired directly from the above in 1963)
Acquired by bequest in 1990 by the William S. Paley Foundation
Ronald Alley and John Rothenstein, Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné and Documentation, London and New York, 1964, p. 155, no. 221, illustrated
John Rothenstein, Francis Bacon - The Masters 71, Bristol, 1967, pp. 6 and 8, no. XIII, illustrated
John Russell, Francis Bacon, London, 1971 (1st edition), p. 81, no. 42, illustrated in colour
Lorenza Trucchi, Francis Bacon, Milan, 1975, n.p., no. 96, illustrated
Lorenza Trucchi and John Sheply, Francis Bacon, London, 1976, n.p., no. 96, illustrated
John Russell, Francis Bacon, London, 1979 (2nd edition), p. 123, no. 59, illustrated
Michael McNay, "Just a Pile of Paint and a Nightmare of Chic Thrills," The Guardian, 2 May 1992, p. 15, left canvas illustrated
Exh. Cat., London, Marlborough Fine Art, Francis Bacon 1909 - 1992: Small Portrait Studies, 1993
David Sylvester, The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon, London, 1993 (3rd Edition), pp. 11 and 84-86, no. 6, illustrated
Andrew Sinclair, Francis Bacon: His Life and Violent Times, London, 1993, p. 181
Milan Kundera and France Borel, Bacon: Portraits and Self-Portraits, London, 1996 p. 121, illustrated in colour
Margarita Cappock, Francis Bacon’s Studio, London, 2005, p. 47
John Russell, Francis Bacon, London, 2001 (revised edition), p. 123, no. 59, illustrated
Martin Harrison, In Camera: Francis Bacon, Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting, London, 2005, pp. 147 and 168 (text)
Martin Harrison and Rebecca Daniels, Francis Bacon: Incunabula, London, 2008, p. 188, illustrated in colour (fragments of reproductions from the artist’s studio)
Exh. Cat., Dublin, The Hugh Lane Gallery, Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty, 2009 - 2010, p. 80
Martin Hammer, Francis Bacon, Phaidon Focus, London, 2013, pp. 76-77, no. 68, illustrated
Martin Harrison, Ed., Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume III, 1958-71, London, 2016, pp. 732-33, no. 63-12, illustrated in colour