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Property from a Private European Collector

Francis Bacon

Study of Red Pope 1962, 2nd Version 1971

Auction Closed

May 20, 12:35 AM GMT

Estimate

40,000,000 - 60,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private European Collector

Francis Bacon

1909 - 1992

Study of Red Pope 1962, 2nd Version 1971


signed Francis Bacon, titled and dated Study of Red Pope 1962, 2nd Version 1971 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

78 by 58 ⅛ in.

198 by 147.5 cm.

Executed in 1971.


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弗朗西斯・培根

1909 - 1992年

《1962年紅衣主教習作,1971年第二版》


款識:藝術家簽名 Francis Bacon、書題目並紀年 Study of Red Pope 1962, 2nd Version 1971(背面)

油彩畫布

78 x 58 ⅛ 英寸;198 x 147.5 公分

1971年作

Marlborough Fine Art, Zürich
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in February 1973)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
John Russell, Francis Bacon, London, 1971, p. 112, illustrated in color
Lorenza Trucchi, Francis Bacon, New York, 1975, p. 14 (text), p. 150, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Venice Biennale 45th International Exhibition, Figurabile Francis Bacon, 1993, p. 117 (text) 
Wieland Schmied, Francis Bacon: Commitment and Conflict, Munich, 1996, no. 18, fig. 34, p. 23, illustrated, p. 49, illustrated in color 
Exh. Cat., Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (and travelling), Francis Bacon: Lo Sagrado y lo Profano, 2003–2004, p. 31, illustrated in color
Michael Peppiatt, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, London, 2008, p. 292 (text)
Martin Harrison, ed., Francis Bacon: Catalogue RaisonnéVolume III, 1958-71, London, 2016, no. 71-04, p. 970-971, illustrated in color
Maia Wellington Gahtan & Donatella Pegazzano, eds., Monographic Exhibitions and the History of Art, New York, 2018, p. 56 (text)
John M. Carvalho, Thinking with Images: An Enactivitst Aesthetics, New York, 2018, p. 35 (text)

Paris, Galeries Nationals du Grand Palais and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Francis Bacon, 1971-1972, no. 107, p. 137, illustrated
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Francis Bacon: Books and Panting, 2019-2020, pp. 50-51, illustrated in color, p. 229 (text)