Masterpieces from the Lewis Collection

Francis Bacon 1909 - 1992 Two Studies for Self-Portrait left panel: signed, partially titled Self portrait, dated 1977 and variously inscribed (on the reverse) right panel: signed, partially titled Self-portrait, dated 1977 and variously inscribed (on the reverse) oil on canvas, in two parts each: 35.5 by 30.5 cm. 14 by 12 in. Executed in 1977.

View 1 of Lot 19: Two Studies for Self-Portrait

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Stephen Conroy b. 1964 Francis Bacon signed, dated and inscribed To Miss Beston with Love Stephen 1992 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 76.2 by 66 cm. 30 by 26 in. Executed in 1992.

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Francis Bacon 1909 - 1992 Study for Portrait signed, titled and dated 1976 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 35.6 by 30.5 cm. 14 by 12 in. Executed in 1976.

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Michael Clark b. 1954 Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon signed Michael Clark, titled and dated 1983/84 (lower edge) oil on paperboard 28.9 by 23.5 cm. 11⅜ by 9¼ in. Executed in 1983-84.

View 1 of Lot 423: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

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Triptych August 1972, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Francis+Bacon&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Francis Bacon</a>, 1989.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3.</li><li>Francis Bacon (Irish-British, 1909-1992).</li><li>Published by Galerie Lelong, Paris.</li><li>Complete triptych of lithographs in colors on Arches Wove papers.</li><li>Part of an edition of 180.</li><li>Hand signed and numbered.</li><li>Each work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This complete set of three lithographs in colors, comprising the triptych, are each hand signed in pencil by the artist, Francis Bacon, at the lower right margins. Each sheet is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 180, at the lower left margin. It was published by Galerie Lelong, Paris, in a limited edition of 180 hand signed and numbered impressions based on Bacon's painting Triptych August 1972. This work is generally considered one in a series of ‘Black Triptychs’ which followed the suicide of Bacon’s lover, George Dyer. Dyer appears on the left and Bacon is on the right. The central group (as depicted in this panel) is derived from a photograph of wrestlers by Edward Muybridge, but also suggests a more sexual encounter. The seated figures and their coupling are set against black voids and the central flurry has been seen as ‘a life-and-death struggle’. The artist’s biographer wrote: ‘What death has not already consumed seeps incontinently out of the figures as their shadows.’ Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Triptych August 1972, 1989

Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

Antiquarian Books Seven volumes, comprising: (i) Matthew Prior. Poems on Several Occasions. London: Jacob Tonson, 1718. FIRST FOLIO EDITION (464 x 282 mm), engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and head- and tail-pieces, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, dampstaining, large closed tear to pp. 19–20, rebacked, rubbed and rebacked (ii) Jean-Philippe Rameau. Generation harmonique ou traité de musique theorique et pratique, Paris: Prault fils, 1737 [Hirsch, i 486], OTTO JAHN’S COPY. [16] & 227, [13], [4] pages, title printed in red and black, engraved vignette by Duflos on title-page, 12 folding plates of musical examples by J.L. Renou, bookplate of Mozart’s biographer Otto Jahn, pp.226-227 misnumbered, eighteenth-century calf, light browning, discolouration to title, repairs to spine (iii) Francis Bacon. The historie of the raigne of King Henry the Seventh. London: W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and William Barret, 1622. Folio (291 x 182 mm), engraved portrait of Henry VII supplied from a later work and pasted in, title-page within woodcut architectural border (McKerrow & Ferguson 224), woodcut initials and headpieces, text within ruled border with blank marginal columns for side-notes (one printed side-note on X1v), errata on verso of final leaf, later calf, red edges, marbled endpapers, lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait of Henry VII by John Payne, final leaf soiled and with marginal repairs, rebacked (iv-v) Robert Southey. Life of Nelson. London: John Murray, 1813. FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (158 x 94 mm), engraved portrait in first volume and facsimile of Nelson's signatures in second volume, publisher's advertisements to verso of final text leaf in each volume, contemporary calf, housed in a modern cloth slipcase, joints of first volume starting, joints of second volume repaired (vi) Bernardo de Ulloa. Rétablissement des manufactures et du commerce d'Espagne. Amsterdam, 1753. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION ON FLYLEAF FROM THE TRANSLATOR PLUMARD DE DANGEUL, TO 'LE BARON DE HOPEKEY DE LAPLAND', 8vo (164 x 95 mm), fine contemporary calf, spine gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, some light spotting (vii) Alexander Hunter. Culina famulatrix medicinae, or receipts in modern cookery. York: T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1806. 8vo (193 x 114 mm), fourth edition, engraved frontispiece of a pig by H. Cave, untrimmed edges, contemporary half calf, brown stain to leaves O3-4, occasional spotting throughout, spine and upper board becoming detached, binding worn PROVENANCE: (i) "Catherine Leveson Gower | June 17 1741", ownership inscription to front pastedown; monogrammed bookplate dated 1892; (ii) Otto Jahn (1813–1869, German biographer of Mozart), bookplate; (iii) P.J. Radford, bookplate; (iv-v) sale, Bloomsbury Auctions, 3 February 2005, lot 290; (vi) sale in these rooms, 11 April 1985, lot 253

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