LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

59.84 in. (152.00 cm.) (height) by 45.67 in. (116.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Dublin, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Francis Bacon, A Terrible Beauty, 2010, p. 18, fig. 7 (with incorrect measurements; illustrated in colour, p. 19). Warwickshire, Compton Verney, Francis Bacon: In Camera, 2010. Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, Francis Bacon: France and Monaco, 2016, p. 230, no. 49 (illustrated in colour, p. 95). This exhibition later travelled to Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum. Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum, Francis Bacon, de Picasso a Velázquez, 2016-2017, p. 202, no. 18 (with incorrect measurements; illustrated in colour, p. 75).

Literature:

T. Maul, 'King of Pain / Pope of Pop / Memo from Turner', in CIRCA: Contemporary Visual Culture in Ireland, no. 130, Winter 2009 (illustrated, p. 34). M. Harrison & R. Daniels (eds.), Francis Bacon, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume II: 1926-1957, London 2016, p. 130, no. 54-02 (with incorrect measurements; illustrated in colour, p. 381).

Provenance:

Collection of the Artist. Private Collection, UK (acquired from the above in 1992). Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.