Inside the World of Francis Bacon: Provenant de la Collection Majid Boustany

Inside the World of Francis Bacon: Provenant de la Collection Majid Boustany

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Francis Bacon

Rug, 'Composition'

Auction Closed

October 24, 04:58 PM GMT

Estimate

90,000 - 140,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Francis Bacon

1909 - 1992

Rug, 'Composition'


signed

hand-knotted wool tapestry

200,5 x 118 cm ; 78 15/16 x 46 7/16 in.

Executed in 1929.


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Francis Bacon

1909 - 1992

Tapis, 'Composition'


signé

tapis en laine tissé à la main

200,5 x 118 cm ; 78 15/16 x 46 7/16 in.

Exécuté en 1929.

Private Collection, Paris

Artcurial Briest, Paris, Art Contemporain, 4 June 2002, Lot 114

Château de Gourdon Collection, France

Christie's, Paris, Les Collections du Château de Gourdon, Chefs-d'oeuvre du XXème siècle, 31 March 2011, Lot 38

Acquired at the above sale

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Collection particulière, Paris

Artcurial Briest, Paris Art Contemporain, 4 juin 2002, Lot 114

Collection du Château de Gourdon, France

Christie's, Paris, Les Collections du Château de Gourdon, Chefs-d'oeuvre du XXème siècle, 31 mars 2011, Lot 38

Acquis lors de cette vente

Exh. Cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Francis Bacon, Paris, 1996, p. 286, illustrated

Susan Day, Art Deco and Modernist Carpets, London, 2002, p. 156-157, no. 215, illustrated in colour

Martin Harrison, In Camera:Francis Bacon — Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting, London, 2005, p. 22, n. 21, illustrated in an archival image by Eric Megaw in Bacon's apartment in Carlyle Studios in London circa 1932

Rebecca Daniels in The World of Interiors, June 2016, 'The Making of Bacon', pp. 202, 204 & 205, illustrated in colour 

Majid Boustany, Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco, 2017, p. 14, illustrated in colour

Blau, Ein Kunstmagazin, Winter 2017/2018, no. 24, pp. 63 & 66, illustrated in colour

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Cat. Exp., Centre Georges Pompidou, Francis Bacon, Paris, 1996, p. 286, illustré

Susan Day, Tapis Moderne et Art Deco, Paris, 2002, pp. 156-157, no. 215, illustré en couleurs

Martin Harrison, In Camera: Francis Bacon — Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting, Londres, 2005, p. 22, no. 21, image d'archive de Eric Megaw dans l'appartement de Bacon aux studios Carlyle à Londres vers 1932, illustré

Rebecca Daniels dans The World of Interiors, juin 2016, 'The Making of Bacon', pp. 202, 204 & 205, illustré en couleurs

Majid Boustany, Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco, 2017, p. 14, illustré en couleurs

Blau, Ein Kunstmagazin, Hiver 2017/2018, no. 24, pp. 63 & 66, illustré en couleurs