Francis Bacon

signed, titled and dated 1979 (on the reverse)

36.2 by 30.5 cm. 14¼ by 12 in.

Marlborough Gallery, New York

Private Collection, U.S.A.

Christie's, New York, 20 November 1996, lot 22 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Christie's, London, 5 February 2003, lot 3 (consigned by the above)

Gagosian Gallery, New York

Private Collection, U.S.A. (acquired from the above in 2006)

Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2011, lot 43 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Monaco

Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 6 October 2020, lot 1128 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Taiwan

Sotheby's, London, 12 October 2023, lot 111 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Small Portrait Studies: Loan Exhibition, October - December 1993, no. 3, p. 11, illustrated in colour

London, Olympia Exhibition Halls, Francis Bacon 1909- 1992 and Henry Moore 1898-1986, February - March 1996, n.p., illustrated in colour

London, Gagosian Gallery, Francis Bacon: Triptychs, June - August 2006, pp. 24-25, illustrated in colour

Montpellier, Musée Fabre de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole and Paris, Centre Pompidou, Francis Bacon/Bruce Nauman. Face to Face, July - November 2017, no. 42, pp. 164-165 and p. 246, illustrated in colour

Martin Harrison, ed., Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume IV, 1971-92, vol. IV, London 2016, no. 79 - 08, pp. 1186 - 1187, illustrated in colour