Francis Bacon

Lithograph printed in colours, 1989, after the painting of 1965, signed in pencil, an impression aside from the edition of 60, published by Libraire Séguier for IRCAM, Centre G. Pompidou, Paris, on Arches wove paper, with full margins, in good condition apart from pale foxing in the lower margin and occasional minor handling creases in the margins (unexamined out of frame)

The work is in generally good condition, the mentioned pale foxing is largely confined to the lower margin although there are occasional small pale fox marks in the other three margins, likewise the minor handling creases. The work is hinged to the backboard at intervals at extreme edges of the sheet verso, slight surface dirt verso. There are a series of 3 short vertical pressure marks at the upper left sheet corner and occasional slight surface soiling in the margins.
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