Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now
Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction featuring The Now
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Francis Bacon
Study of George Dyer
Auction Closed
March 6, 07:55 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000,000 - 7,000,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Francis Bacon
1909 - 1992
Study of George Dyer
titled and dated 1970 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35.5 by 30.5 cm. 14 by 12 in.
Executed in 1970.
This work has been requested as a loan for the forthcoming exhibition Francis Bacon Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London between 10 October 2024 - 19 January 2025.
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London
Private Collection (acquired from the above in April 1970)
Thence by descent to the present owners
John Russell, Francis Bacon, London 1971, no. 110, n.p., illustrated
Lorenza Trucchi, Francis Bacon, Milan 1984, no. 139, n.p., illustrated in colour (London 1976 reprint)
Martin Harrison, Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. III, 1958-71, London 2016, no. 70-02, p. 933, illustrated in colour
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais and Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, Francis Bacon, October 1971 – May 1972, no. 96, p. 132, illustrated
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., Francis Bacon: Small Portrait Studies, October – December 1993, no. 6, n.p., illustrated in colour