Francis Bacon

Three Studies for Portrait of Lucian Freud

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Property from a Private European Collection

Francis Bacon

1909 - 1992

Three Studies for Portrait of Lucian Freud

titled 3 Studies for Portrait of Lucian Freud and dated 1964 (on the reverse of the right panel)

oil on canvas, in three parts

Each: 14 by 12 in.

Each: 35.6 by 30.5 cm.

Executed in 1964.

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歐洲私人收藏

弗朗西斯・培根

1909 - 1992年

《盧西安・弗洛伊德肖像習作三幅》

款識：書題目 3 Studies for Portrait of Lucian Freud 並紀年1964（右幅背面）

油彩畫布，共三部分

各：14 x 12 英寸

各：35.6 x 30.5 公分

1964年作

Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London

Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 1964)

Sotheby's London, 10 February 2011, lot 30

Acquired from the above sale

Colin Gleadell, "Bacon's triptych of his great friend Freud emerges after 45 years'’ The Daily Telegraph, 4 January 2011, p. 22, illustrated
Phoebe Hoban, Lucian Freud: Eyes Wide Open, Boston 2014, pp. 60, 90 (text)
Martin Harrison, ed., Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. III, 1958-71, London 2016, no. 64-01, pp. 740-741, illustrated in color
Sebastian Smee,“Freud & Bacon,” Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art, London 2016, p. 85 (text)
William Feaver, The Lives of Lucian Freud: The Restless Years: 1922-1968, New York 2019, p. 576 (text)

Hamburg, Kunstverein; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Dublin, The Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Francis Bacon, January-May 1965; no. 57 (Stockholm); no. 51 (Dublin)

Catalogue note