Francis Bacon's artwork began almost as a whim. Bacon was born in Dublin in 1909, and left home at the age of 16, traveling to London, Berlin, and Paris, where he attended an exhibition by Picasso, which inspired him to try his own hand at art. He worked for several years as a furniture designer before creating his first exhibited work, a painting called Crucifixion. After World War II, he became known for his Surrealism paintings depicting the trauma and violence experienced by society. Francis Bacon's prints were haunting, the landscapes seeming to scream in horror.
As his international reputation grew, Francis Bacon's original artwork for sale became available throughout the world and reproduced as lithographs. In the 1950s, Francis Bacon's artwork shifted as he began to add more color to his works; a style that would last until the 1980s. Look for collectible lithographs at Invaluable and find your next favorite piece of art.
Francis Bacon "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptych" (1944) Francis Bacon "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptych" (1944) Original colour lithograph, 1944. 60 copies on handmade paper, numbered and signed by hand. Catalogue raisonné Sabatier 24. Image size 62 x 46 cm. Sheet size 75 x 56 cm. In 1988, the artist created a second version of the triptych, this time choosing a blood-red background instead of an orange one, which gives even more depth to the work. This time, the work is almost double the size of the first version.
Francis Bacon poster photograph by John Deakin 1996, Conde Nast Publications printed to support the National Portrait Gallery, original photograph by John Deacon for VOGUE 1952 (76cm high x 51cm wide) Condition Report: no damage detected. Poster looks to have damage however this is all on the original image that the poster was taken from
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Right panel, from Triptych 1991 (Sabatier 9), 1992 Aquatint in colors on wove paper, embossed with artist's signature (as issued) and numbered 65/84 (there were also 26 artist's proofs in Roman numerals), co-published by Marlborough Graphics, London and 2RC Edizioni, Rome, with their blindstamp, with the blindstamp of the printer, Vigna Antoniniana, Rome, with the blindstamp of the Francis Bacon Estate, with full margins. 52 3/4 x 38 3/4in (134 x 98.4cm) sheet 64 x 47 1/2in (162.6 x 120.7cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Study for Self-Portrait (Sabatier 35), 1984 Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 128/182, published by Marlborough Graphics, New York, with full margins. 32 1/4 x 24 1/16in (81.9 x 61.1cm) sheet 36 15/16 x 25 1/2in (93.8 x 64.8cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Studies of the Human Body (Sabatier 34), 1980 Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in black felt-tip pen and numbered 1/250, published by Marlborough Graphics, New York, the full sheet. 34 13/16 x 26in (88.4 x 66cm) sheet 39 5/8 x 26in (100.6 x 66cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Center panel, from Triptyque Août 1972 (Triptych August 1972) (Sabatier 23), 1979 Lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 163/180, published/printed by Galerie Lelong, Paris, with full margins. 25 3/4 x 19 1/16in (65.4 x 48.4cm) sheet 35 1/4 x 24 5/8in (89.5 x 62.5cm)
Francis Bacon 'Second Version of Triptych' print in colors on wove paper. Each sheet pencil signed to lower right margin. Each sheet measures 29 1/2" x 22".
Francis Bacon 1909 -1992 Metropolitan Triptych (Sabatier 4) signed in pencil (lower right) and numbered 15/99 (lower left) three etchings with aquatint printed in colours on one sheet plate (each): 39 x 29.5 cm; 15 ⅜ x 11 ⅝ in. sheet: 62.5 x 110 cm; 24 ⅝ x 43 ¼ in. Executed in 1981, this impression is number 15 from the edition of 99 plus 20 proofs, published by Polígrafa, Barcelona.
es. 40/90 from a total edition of 90 and XXX artist's proofs signed lower right, numbered lower left 2RC Editions, Rome etching, aquatint, and drypoint
Stephen Conroy b. 1964 Francis Bacon signed, dated and inscribed To Miss Beston with Love Stephen 1992 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 76.2 by 66 cm. 30 by 26 in. Executed in 1992.
Francis Bacon 1909 - 1992 Study for Portrait signed, titled and dated 1976 (on the reverse) oil on canvas 35.6 by 30.5 cm. 14 by 12 in. Executed in 1976.
Francis Bacon (British 1909-1992), 'Lying Figure', 1969/2015, giclee print on aluminium panel, numbered from an edition of 150 in black in verso, published by The Estate Of Francis Bacon and Heni Productions, 2015, bearing the Artist's printed signature verso; panel: 197.7 x 147.5cm ARR
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Autoportrait (Sabatier 12) Lithograph in colours, 1977, on Arches wove paper, signed in felt-tip pen, numbered 18/180 in pencil (there were also a few artist's proofs), published by Galerie Claude Bernard, printed by Mourlot, Paris, the full sheet, framed Image 850 x 635mm (33 1/2 x 25in) Sheet 1020 × 723mm (40 1/8 x 28 1/2in)
Francis Bacon Paintings of the Eighties. Marlborough Gallery, New York, May 7-July 31, 1987, boldly signed in marker on front endpaper, hardcover in jacket, 50 pages incl. fold-outs, 12"h x 10"w
Francis Bacon (Dublin 1909 - Madrid 1992) Autographed poster for the Francis Bacon exhibition - Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1984. 100x65 cm - framed 102x67 cm. Signed and dedicated "To Jean Francis Bacon."
Francis Bacon (1909-1992 An extensive reference archive comprising circa 260 books, catalogues and other volumes, 3 volumes dedicated to Valerie Beston, all bound as published (circa 260) To include: Francis Bacon - Prints Berkeley Square Gallery undated Francis Bacon - Anatomie eines Ratsels Michale Peppiatt/Dumont 2003 in German Francis Bacon - Het grafische werk Lecturis 2014 Francis Bacon - Oeuvre graphique/The graphic work - catalogue raisonné Bruno Sabatier/ADAGP Paris 2012 Catalogue raisonné and documentation Ronald Alley/Thames&Hudson 1964 2 copies Francis Bacon Dawn Ades & Andrew Forge/Tate Gallery/Thames & Hudson 1985 3 copies Francis Bacon ed.M.Gale and C.Stephens/Tate Publishing 2008 3 copies Francis Bacon Lorenza Trucchi/Fratelli Fabbri Editori 1975 2 copies Francis Bacon Lorenza Trucchi/Thames & Hudson 1976 2 copies Francis Bacon Full Face and In Profile Michel Leiris/Phaidon 1983 Francis Bacon Face et Profil Michel Leiris/Éditions Albin Michel 1983 Francis Bacon Centre Georges Pompidou 1996 2 copies Francis Bacon John Russell/Thames & Hudson 1971 2 copies Important Paintings from the Estate Tony Shafrazi Gallery 1998 2 copies Francis Bacon Museo d'Arte Moderna, Lugano/Electa 1993 2 copies Francis Bacon L.Gowing & S.Hunter/Hirshhorn Museum/Thames & Hudson 1989 ) Francis Bacon HARDBACK L.Gowing & S.Hunter/Hirshhorn Museum/Thames & Hudson 1989 ) 3 copies in total Francis Bacon PAPERBACK L.Gowing & S.Hunter/Hirshhorn Museum/Thames & Hudson 1989 ) Francis Bacon Figure in Movement, 1972 Christie's London 2018 Francis Bacon Figurabile ed. Achille Bonito Oliva/Electa 1993 Francis Bacon Lo Sagrado y Lo Profano Institut Valencia d'Art Modern 2003 2 copies Francis Bacon - le sacré et le profane Michael Peppiatt/Fondation Dina Vierney 2004 2 copies Bacon-Freud Expressions Fondation Maeght 1995 2 copies Bacon-Freud Expressions revue de presse Fondation Maeght 1995 Francis Bacon Esther Darley & Hans Janssen/Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 2001 3 copies Francis Bacon Haus der Kunst Munich 1996 2 copies In Camera Francis Bacon Martin Harrison/Thames & Hudson 2005 2 copies Francis Bacon - Unsichtbare Räume/Invisible Rooms Staatsgalerie Stuttgart/Prestel/Tate Liverpool 2016 3 copies Francis Bacon Books and Painting ed.Didier Ottinger/Thames & Hudson 2019 Bacon en toutes lettres ed.Didier Ottinger/Centre Pompidou 2019 Francis Bacon De Picasso a Velazquez Guggenheim Bilbao 2016 2 copies Bacon - Portraits et autoportraits Milan Kundera/France Borel/Les Belles Lettres-Archimbaud 1996 2 copies Bacon - Portraits and Self-Portraits Milan Kundera/France Borel/Thames & Hudson 1996 2 copies Francis Bacon - A Retrospective Harry N. Abrams 1999 2 copies Looking Back at Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Thames & Hudson 2000 2 copies Francis Bacon in the 1950s Michael Peppiatt/UEA Norwich 2006 2 copies Francis Bacon Vier Studien zu einem Portrat Wieland Schmied/Frolich & Kaufmann 1985 2 copies Francis Bacon La France et Monaco ed.Martin Harrison/Albin Michel 2016 Francis Bacon & Soutine, Chaïm Soutine/Bacon Helly Nahmad Gallery, New York 2011 2 copies Francis Bacon & Caravaggio, Michelangelo Caravaggio Bacon Anna Coliva & Michael Peppiatt/Federico Motta Editore 2009 Francis Bacon & Moore, Henry Francis Bacon Henry Moore - Flesh and Bone Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford 2013 Francis Bacon Paintings of the Eighties Marlborough New York 1987 3 copies Francis Bacon Late Paintings Gagosian Gallery New York 2015 2 copies Movement & Gravity: Bacon & Rodin in Dialogue Ordovas 2013 2 copies Francis Bacon Portraits and Heads National Galleries of Scotland/British Council 2005 Francis Bacon Logique de la Sensation Vol. I & Vol.II Gilles Deleuze/Éditions de la Difference 1984 Francis Bacon The Human Body Hayward Gallery/University of California Press 1998 2 copies Francis Bacon Louisiana Museum for moderne kunst 1998 3 copies 7 Reece Mews Francis Bacon's Studio Thames & Hudson 2001 2 copies Francis Bacon Paintings 1945-1982 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1983 2 copies Francis Bacon (in Russian) Marlborough Fine Art/Moscow show 1988 2 copies Francis Bacon Pinturas/Paintings 1981-1991 Marlborough Madrid & New York 1992 2 copies Francis Bacon Paintings Tony Shafrazi Gallery 2002 2 copies Francis Bacon Paintings Marlborough New York 2002 Francis Bacon John Russell/World of Art/Thames &Hudson 1985 2 copies & one copy in French Bacon Monstre de peinture Christophe Domino/Decouvertes Gallimard 2 copies Francis Bacon Kreuzigung Jorg Zimmerman/Fischer 1986 2 copies Francis Bacon Triptychs (portfolio) Gagosian Gallery 2006 4 copies Francis Bacon - Study for a Portrait ed. Majid Boustany/Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco 2019 Francis Bacon - Studios ed. Majid Boustany/Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco 2019 Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation ed. Majid Boustany/Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco 2015 Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation (new edition, in slip-case) ed. Majid Boustany/Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, Monaco 2017 2 copies Francis Bacon and Beard, Peter Francis Bacon and Peter Beard - Wild Life Ordovas 2021 Francis Bacon and Freud, Lucian Bacon, Freud and the London Painters Aros/Tate 2017 Francis Bacon and Freud, Lucian All Too Human - Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life ed.Elena Crippa/Tate Publishing 2018 Francis Bacon and Freud, Lucian Francis Bacon - Three Studies of Lucian Freud, 1969 F.Outred & K.Arnold/Christie's New York 2013 Francis Bacon and Giacobetti, Francis Francis Giacobetti - Francis Bacon Marlborough Fine Art, London 2003 Francis Bacon and Rembrandt, H. van Rijn Irrational Marks - Bacon and Rembrandt Ordovas 2011 2 copies Bacon, Freud, Giacometti Crossing the Channel - Friendships and Connections Gagosian Gallery London 2010 2 copies The Masters - 71 - Bacon Sir John Rothenstein/Purnell 1967 Derrière le Miroir - Francis Bacon Michel Leiris/Derrière le Miroir no.162/Maeght Editeur, Paris 1966 2 copies, both damaged Francis Bacon & Dumas, Marlene Marlene Dumas-Francis Bacon Malmö Konsthall/Castello di Rivoli/Charta, Milan 1995 Francis Bacon & Dumas, Marlene Marlene Dumas-Francis Bacon: The Particularity of Being Human Malmö Konsthall 1995 2 copies Samtal med Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Forum, Sweden 1975 The Brutality of Fact - Interviews with Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Greek translation 1987 The Brutality of Fact - Interviews with Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Polish translation/Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo 1997 Entrevistas con Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Ediciones Polígrafa, Barcelona 1977 Entretiens avec Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Skira 1996 L'art de l'impossible - Entretiens avec Francis Bacon vol. I & II David Sylvester/Skira 1976 Francis Bacon - Entretiens avec Michel Archimbaud Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès 1992 with dedication to Valerie Beston Francis Bacon - Entretiens avec Michel Archimbaud Colllection Folio/Essais (Gallimard) 1996 Francis Bacon in conversation with Michel Archimbaud Phaidon Press, London 1993 Francis Bacon, aspects d'une vie Daniel Farson/Éditions Gallimard 1994 Entretiens avec Francis Bacon 1963-1989 Michael Peppiatt/L'Échoppe 1998 Francis Bacon à l'atelier Michael Peppiatt/L'Échoppe 1999 Le Regard de Bacon Michael Peppiatt/L'Échoppe 2004 Erica Brausen - Premier Marchand de Francis Bacon Jean-Yves Mock/L'Échoppe 1996 Francis Bacon Entretiens preface by Hervé Vanel/Arts&esthetique 1996 Francis Bacon ou la Brutalité du Fait Michel Leiris/l'école des lettres, Seuil 1995 Francis Bacon: the Early and Middle Years 1928-1958 Hugh Marlais Davies PhD dissertation, Princeton University 1975 signed by the author to Valerie (Beston) Francis Bacon Hugh Davies & Sally Yard/Abbeville Press, New York 1986 Francis Bacon Michel Leiris/Thames & Hudson 1988 Bacon - Great Modern Masters ed. José Maria Faerna/Abrams/Cameo 1995 Francis Bacon & Nauman, Bruce Francis Bacon/Bruce Nauman - Face to Face Musée Fabre de Montpellier 2017 Bacon's Eye - Works on paper attributed to FB from the Barry Joule Archive Barbican Art and 21 Publishing 2001 The Barry Joule Archive - Works on paper attributed to Francis Bacon Irish Museum of Modern Art 2000 Francis Bacon - Working on Paper Matthew Gale/Tate Gallery Publishing 1999 Francis Bacon - Studying Form The Estate of Francis Bacon/Faggionato Fine Art 2005 Francis Bacon - Die Gewalt des Faktischen K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen/Hirmer Verlag 2006 Francis Bacon - Die Portraits Hamburger Kunsthalle/Hatje Cantz 2005 Francis Bacon - Commitment and Conflict Wieland Schmied/Prestel 1996 Francis Bacon Hugh Davies & Sally Yard/Bucher 1986 German edition Francis Bacon und die Bildtradition Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna/Fondation Beyeler/Skira 2003 Gespräche mit Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Prestel 1982 Francis Bacon Retrospective Petir Journal, Centre Georges Pompidou 1996 Les Passions de Francis Bacon Philippe Sollers/Gallimard 1996 Francis Bacon Philippe Dagen/Éditions Cercle d'Art 1996 Bacon 1909-1992 ed. Philippe Monsel/Éditions Cercle d'Art 1994 Francis Bacon & Picasso, Pablo Bacon - La Vie des Images - Picasso Anne Baldassari/Flammarion, Paris 2005 Francis Bacon & Picasso, Pablo Bacon - The Life of Images - Picasso Le Petit Journal/Réunion des Musées Nationaux 2005 Francis Bacon & Picasso, Pablo Picasso - Archives .. provenant de l'atelier de Francis Bacon (Barry Joule) Anne Baldassari/Flammarion, Paris 2005 Francis Bacon - Monaco et la culture française ed. Martin Harrison/GrimaldiForum, Monaco/Albin Michel 2016 Francis Bacon - Anatomie d'une énigme Michael Peppiatt/Flammarion 2004 signed by the author to Kate (Austin) Francis Bacon Caged.Uncaged Fundação de Serralves, Porto 2003 Bacon Rudy Chiappini/Palazzo Reale, Milan/Skira 2008 Da Bacon a oggi - From Bacon to now - The Outsider in British Figuration Maite Lorés & Keith Patrick/Palazzo Vecchio, Florence/Electa 1991 Francis Bacon e la condizione esistenziale nell'arte contemporanea Palazzo Strozzi, Florence/Hatje Cantz 2012 Francis Bacon - La Brutalità delle cose - Conversazioni con David Sylvester Edizioni Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini 1991 Francis Bacon John Russell/Methuen, London 1964 Francis Bacon - His Life & Violent Times Andrew Sinclair/Crown Publishers, New York 1993 The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon Daniel Farson/Vintage, London 1994 paperback The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon Daniel Farson/Pantheon Books, New York 1993 hardback Francis Bacon - Anatomy of an enigma HARDBACK Michael Peppiatt/Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1996 Francis Bacon in your blood - a memoir Michael Peppiatt/Bloomsbury Circus 2015 Francis Bacon - Studies for a portrait - essays and interviews Michael Peppiatt/Yale University Press New Haven & London 2008 Francis Bacon's Studio Margarita Cappock/Merrell Publishers, London/New York 2005 Francis Bacon in Dublin Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin/Thames & Hudson 2000 Francis Bacon in Dublin exhibition guide Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin 2000 Francis Bacon - a Terrible Beauty Barbara Dawson & Martin Harrison/Hugh Lane Gallery/Steidl 2009 Francis Bacon and the Loss of Self Ernst van Alphen/Reaktion Books, London 1992 Interviews with Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Thames & Hudson, London 1975 Francis Bacon - Interviewed by David Sylvester David Sylvester/Pantheon Books, New York 1975 Interviews with Francis Bacon 1962-1979 David Sylvester/Thames & Hudson, London 1980 Interviews with Francis Bacon 1962-1979 David Sylvester/Thames & Hudson Inc., New York 1985 The Brutality of Fact - Interviews with Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Thames & Hudson, London 1987 Interviews with Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Thames & Hudson, London 1993 Interviews with Francis Bacon David Sylvester/Thames & Hudson, London 2002 Francis Bacon & Giacometti, Alberto Alberto Giacometti/Francis Bacon - Isabel and Other Intimate Strangers intro. by Valentina Castellani/Gagosian Gallery, New York 2008 Francis Bacon & Giacometti, Alberto Trapping Appearance - Portraits by Francis Bacon & Alberto Giacometti Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA Norwich 1996 Francis Bacon and the Masters Sainsbury Centre UEA/State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg 2015 Francis Bacon and the Tradition of Art Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna/Fondation Beyeler/Skira 2003 Francis Bacon, & Gogh, Vincent van Van Gogh vu par Bacon Fondation Vincent Van Gogh-Arles/Actes Sud 2002 Francis Bacon - Study for Portrait of Van Gogh Arts Council Spotlight Series 1994 Francis Bacon & Picasso, Pablo Vis-à-vis. Bacon & Picasso ed. Peter Fischer/Kunstmuseum Lucerne 2007 Francis Bacon & Sutherland, Graham Bacon and Sutherland Martin Hammer/Paul Mellon Centre/Yale University Press 2005 /Freud, Lucian/Hockney, David Bare Life - Bacon, Freud, Hockney and others - London Artists .. from life 1950-80 LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster/Hirmer 2014 Francis Bacon - The Papal Portraits of 1953 Hugh M. Davies/Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego 2001 Francis Bacon - Incunabula Martin Harrison & Rebecca Daniels/Thames & Hudson 2008 Francis Bacon - New Studies - Centenary Essays ed. Martin Harrison/Steidl 2009 Francis Bacon - Five Decades ed. Anthony Bond/Art Gallery NSW/Thames & Hudson 2012 hardback Francis Bacon - Five Decades ed. Anthony Bond/Art Gallery NSW/Thames & Hudson 2015 paperback Francis Bacon - Painting in a Godless World Rina Arya/Lund Humphries 2012 Francis Bacon and Nazi Propaganda Martin Hammer/Tate Publishing 2012 Francis Bacon Martin Hammer/Phaidon Focus 2013 Francis Bacon - The Violence of the Real ed. Armin Zweite/K20 Kunstsammlung/Thames & Hudson 2006 Francis Bacon - the logic of sensation Gilles Deleuze/Continuum 2003 in English Francis Bacon - 'Taking Reality by Surprise' Christophe Domino/Thames & Hudson/New Horizons 1997 Bacon - Retratos y autorretratos Milan Kundera & France Borel/Editorial Debate, Madrid 1996 Francis Bacon - Portraits und Selbstportraits Milan Kundera & France Borel/Schirmer/Mosel Munich 1996 Francis Bacon Institute of Contemporary Art, London 1955 photocopy from Tate archives Francis Bacon Rive Droite, Paris 1957 Francis Bacon Kunsthalle Mannheim 1962 Bacon Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Torino 1962 Francis Bacon Kunsthaus Zürich 1962 Francis Bacon Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1963 Francis Bacon Guggenheim Museum New York/Art Institute of Chicago 1963 2 copies Francis Bacon Kunstverein in Hamburg 1965 Francis Bacon - Målningar 1945-1964 Moderna Museet 1965 2 copies Francis Bacon - Paintings 1959-60 Marlborough Fine Art (London) 1960 Francis Bacon The Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin 1965 Francis Bacon Toninelli Arte Moderna, Milan 1966 Francis Bacon Stadt Siegen 1967 Francis Bacon Galleria Galatea, Torino 1970 Francis Bacon Tate Gallery 1962 2 copies Francis Bacon - Recent Paintings Marlborough Fine Art (London) 1965 and 1963, one copy Francis Bacon - Recent paintings Marlborough Fine Art (London) 1967 Francis Bacon - Recent paintings Marlborough Gerson New York 1968 Francis Bacon - Recent Paintings Marlborough New York 1980 2 copies Francis Bacon - Recent Paintings Marlborough New York 1984 Francis Bacon - Paintings Marlborough Fine Art (London) 1985 2 copies Francis Bacon - Paintings of the Eighties HARDBACK Marlborough New York 1987 Francis Bacon - Paintings of the Eighties PAPERBACK Marlborough New York 1987 Francis Bacon /Auerbach, Frank/Kitaj, R.B. On View - New Paintings - Auerbach, Bacon, Kitaj Marlborough Fine Art (London) 1989 Francis Bacon - The Fifth Anniversary Exhibition - Paintings Marlborough Tokyo 1988 Francis Bacon - Loan Exhibition in Celebration of his 80th Birthday (paperback) Marlborough Fine Art (London) 1989 Francis Bacon - Paintings HARDBACK Marlborough New York 1990 Francis Bacon 1909-1992 Small Portrait Studies - Loan Exhibition Marlborough Fine Art (London) 1993 Francis Bacon - Paintings Marlborough New York 2002 A tribute to Francis Bacon Marlborough/Art 42 Basel 2011 Francis Bacon/Alsoudani/Guston/Rego Ahmed Alsoudani/Francis Bacon/Philip Guston/Paula Rego Marlborough Chelsea 2013 Francis Bacon - Selected Graphic Works Marlborough Fine Art (London) 2014 Francis Bacon Marlborough Fine Art, London/Frieze Masters 2014 2 copies & Freud, Lucian Francis Bacon & Lucian Freud -La Condición Humana - obra gráfica Marlborough Madrid & Marlborough Barcelona 2021 Francis Bacon Grand Palais, Paris/Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf 1971-72 in French Francis Bacon Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf/Grand Palais, Paris 1972 in German Francis Bacon - Recent Paintings 1968-1974 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1975 Francis Bacon - oeuvres récentes Musée Cantini, Marseilles 1976 Francis Bacon Museo de Arte Moderno/Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico 1977 spine damaged Francis Bacon - oeuvres récentes Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris 1977 Francis Bacon Fundación Juan March, Madrid 1978 Francis Bacon Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona 1978 Francis Bacon Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas 1978 Francis Bacon - Schreiender Papst, 1951 Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim 1980 Francis Bacon - peintures récentes Galerie Maeght Lelong, Paris 1984 Three Triptychs - Francis Bacon Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London 1984 Francis Bacon Richard Francis/The Tate Gallery 1985 The Artist's Eye - Francis Bacon - National Gallery paintings selected by the artist National Gallery, London 1985 Francis Bacon Retrospektive Galerie Beyeler Basle 1987 Francis Bacon - peintures récentes Galerie Lelong, Paris 1987 Répons - Pierre Boulez (Triptych 1944) Librairie Séguier, Paris 1989 Francis Bacon Tate Gallery, Liverpool 1990 Doctor Bacon's Laboratory/Interview with Francis Bacon Antonio Muñoz Molina/Richard Cork 1991 Homage to Francis Bacon Galerie Beyeler Basle 1992 Bacon - Triptych '71 Kunst-station Sankt Peter, Cologne 1993 with dedication to Valerie Beston Francis Bacon - Paintings from The Estate 1980-1991 Faggionato Fine Arts, London 1999 Francis Bacon - Papes et autres figures Galerie Lelong, Paris 1999 Francis Bacon/Freud, Kossoff, Auerbach Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Auerbach Galerie Sander, Berlin 2003 Francis Bacon - Portraits and Heads Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh 2005 Francis Bacon & Rego, Paula Francis Bacon to Paula Rego Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal 2012 The Eye of a Collector (Stanley J. Seeger) - Study for Self-Portrait p.34 Sotheby's New York 2001 The Collection of the late Miss Valerie Beston Christie's London 2006 Modern British and Irish Art - some from Valerie Beston's collection Christie's London 2014 Francis Bacon - Study for Portrait II Christie's London 2007 The Robertson Collection of Items from the Studio of Francis Bacon Ewbank Auctions, Woking 2007 3 copies Francis Bacon - Self Portrait Sotheby's 2007 Francis Bacon - Study from the Human Body - Man turning on the light Christie's London 2007 "Francis Bacon and his Circle" - collection of Peter Stark photographs p.96 Bonhams, London 2007 Francis Bacon, Triptych 1974-77 Christie's London 2008 Francis Bacon Triptych, 1976 Sotheby's New York 2008 Francis Bacon - Three Studies for a Self Portrait Christie's London 2008 Francis Bacon - Study for Head of George Dyer, 1967 Sotheby's 2008 Francis Bacon & Freud, Lucian Francis Bacon Lucian Freud Christie's London 2008 Francis Bacon - Portrait of Henrietta Moraes p.62 Christie's London 2012 Francis Bacon - Study for Self Portrait 1964 Christie's London 2012 Francis Bacon - Three Studies for a Self Portrait Sotheby's London 2013 Francis Bacon - Study for Portrait, 1981 II Christie's New York 2013 Francis Bacon - Head III & Three Studies of Isabel Rawsthorne Sotheby's London 2013 Franics Bacon and his Muses Sotheby's at Auction magazine 18 June -20 July 2013 2013 Francis Bacon - Three Studies of Lucian Freud 1969 Christie's New York 2013 Francis Bacon - Portrait of George Dyer Talking, 1966 Christie's 2014 Francis Bacon - Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards Christie's New York 2014 Francis Bacon - Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer (on Light Ground) Sotheby's London 2014 Auction results - Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer (on Light Ground) £26m Sotheby's London 2014 2 copies Francis Bacon - Two Studies for Self-Portrait Sotheby's London 2015 Francis Bacon - Seated Woman, 1961 Phillips, New York 2015 Francis Bacon - Self-Portrait 1975 & Three Studies for Self-Portrait 1980 p.94-113 Sotheby's London 2015 Best of British Art 1 & 2 July 2015 including Francis Bacon Sotheby's London 2015 2 copies Contemporary Art - evening auction 1 July 2015 including Francis Bacon Sotheby's London 2015 Francis Bacon - Head with Raised Arm 1955 Christie's London 2017 Francis Bacon - Study of Red Pope 1962, 2nd version 1971 Christie's London 2017 2 copies Post-war & Contemporary Art evening auction 6 Oct 2017 including Francis Bacon Christie's London 2017 Francis Bacon - Study for Portrait, 1977 Christie's New York 2018 Francis Bacon p.16-44 Art International magazine Autumn 1989 1989 Francis Bacon and food p.118-124 Apollo magazine March 2013 2013 3 copies Francis Bacon (and others) and alcohol p.66-71 Apollo magazine October 2013 2013 Francis Bacon today p.44-51 Royal Academy of Arts magazine Winter 2021 2021 Francis Bacon Andrew Brighton/Tate Publishing 2001 Francis Bacon in St Ives - Experiment and Transition 1957-62 Ben Tufnell/Tate St Ives 2007 Francis Bacon - Revelations Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan/William Collins, London 2022 Inside the World of Francis Bacon - Provenant de la Collection Majid Boustany Sotheby's Paris 2022 Francis Bacon - Selected Graphics Marlborough Fine Art, London 2022 3 copies Bacon - Francis Bacon Selected Prints (1980 - 91) Marlborough New York/London Francis Bacon & others From London: Bacon Freud Kossoff Andrews Auerbach Kitaj The British Council/Scottish National Gallery 1995 Interview with Majid Boustany, Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation Mark Engelen/#59 Magazine 2017 Francis Bacon & others Francis Bacon, S.W.Hayter, Barbara Hepworth Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo 1959 Francis Bacon & Grosz, George Bacon a Brera e quaranta disegni di Grosz in sosta a Milano Valentina Maderna/Multhipla Edizioni 1983 Agony as Art - Francis Bacon's Big Paris Show Newsweek magazine January 24, 1977 1977 Francis Bacon L'ARC magazine no.73 undated Artists of the Colony Room Club - A Tribute to Muriel Belcher Parkin Gallery 1982 Bacon's Beasts - Colm Tóibín on Bacon's beasts Royal Academy of Arts magazine Winter 2020 Fighting over Francis Bacon Michael Shnayerson/Vanity Fair magazine August 2000
Francis Bacon 1909 - 1992 Masque mortuaire de William Blake (Sabatier 27) signed in pencil and numbered 53/60 lithograph printed in colours on BFK Rives wove paper image: 600 by 500 mm. 23⅝ by 19⅝ in. sheet: 793 by 596 mm. 31¼ by 23½ in. Executed in 1991, this impression is number 53 from the edition of 60 plus some artist's proofs, published by Michel Archimbaud for the Librairie Séguier.
FRANCIS BACON (Dublin, 1909 - Madrid, 1992). "Aedipus and the Sphinx (after Ingres)", 1984. Lithograph on Vélin de Arches paper. Copy H.C. Edited by Editions de la Différence, Paris. Signed and justified in pencil. Measurements: 128 x 90 cm (paper); 156 x 118 cm (frame). Engraving by Francis Bacon based on the right panel of the triptych he made after the death of his lover George Dyer, who committed suicide in a Parisian hotel in 1971. In 2008, the triptych came very close to breaking the artist's record when it was sold in London for 26.3 million pounds. This was one of the so-called "Black Triptychs", executed by Bacon after Dyer's suicide. The black umbrella as an ominous symbol was already present in previous works by the artist, but in this triptych the literary or artistic references are diluted, making the reading more complex. It is a subjugating work. An Anglo-Irish painter born in Dublin into a British family, Francis Bacon was a key artist in the development of 20th century art because of his raw, shocking and plasticity-laden imagery. He spent his childhood between Ireland and England, and in his puberty his father excluded him from his family because of his homosexual tendencies. In 1925 he was sent to Berlin with a family friend, whom he finally seduced. Between 1927 and 1928 he lived between Berlin and Paris, and it was during these years that he discovered Poussin's "The Massacre of the Innocents", a work that awakened in him an interest in the scream and the mouth. During these years he decided to become a painter, after visiting an exhibition that included several works by Picasso. He returned to London and began his artistic training with the Australian Roy de Maistre, studies that he completed in a self-taught way. However, it was not until the mid-1940s (around 1944) when his triptych "Three Studies for Figures at the Foot of a Crucifixion" marked the starting point of his artistic career. This work, considered one of the most original and disturbing in 20th century art, marked the beginning of Bacon's artistic maturity, whose work will focus from then on the theme of life in death and death in life, reflecting his own self-destructive character. From then on, too, exposed and vulnerable human figures would be constant in his work, an expression of "loneliness, violence and degradation", in his own words. Recognition of his mature work was almost immediate, and in 1949 the MoMA in New York acquired one of his works. Already fully consolidated in the international art scene, in 1955 his first retrospective exhibition was held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. In 1959 he had a solo show in the context of the São Paulo Biennial, and in 1962 he was again given a retrospective, this time at the Tate Gallery in London. In the following years Bacon held important exhibitions of his work at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (1963), the Grand Palais in Paris (1971) and the Metropolitan in New York (1975), as well as retrospectives at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the MoMA in New York and the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris. More recently, the extensive retrospective at Tate Britain in 2008 was the largest to date. Bacon is currently represented in the world's leading museums, including MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the MUMOK and the Albertina in Vienna, the Reina Sofia and the Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the SMAK in Ghent and the Tate Gallery in London. Edited by Editions de la Différence, Paris
Francis Bacon_Seated Figure (after 'Study for a Portrait', 1981), etching and aquatint in colours, signed in pencil, numbered 81/99 (there was also an edition of 99 on Arches), on Guarro, published by Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1983, printed by Polígrafa, Barcelona, 1983, with full margins**The total bidding limit is 3,000,000 JPY. If you wish to increase your bidding limit above 3,000,000 JPY, please contact us by 6 PM two days before the auction.
FRANCIS BACON The Man at the Washbasin signature lower right, edition lower left; taken from the portfolio & Requiem pour la Fin des Temps & , printed by Editions Georges Visat et Cie, Paris, 1978 - blind stamp lower right 1977/1978 - cm. 67.5x52 (sheet) - 47.5x36.4 (plate)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Derrière le Miroir No.162 The complete issue, 1966, comprising four lithographs printed in colours and the folding colour plate triptych, with title-page, text and justification, printed and published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris, on wove paper, the sheets loose as issued within the original pictorial covers, overall 380 x 280mm (14 7/8 x 11in) This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Bacon (Francis) Opuscula Varia Posthuma, Philosophica, Civilia, et Theologica, first edition, first issue, collected and edited by William Rawley, ink inscription and library stamp to title (stamp also to upper edge), boards exposed at upper paste-down and a small modern label laid down, contemporary vellum, [Gibson 230; Wing B314], 8vo, R. Danielis, 1658.
Bacon (Francis) Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning or the Partitions of Science, first edition in English, second issue, engraved pictorial title by W. Marshall, engraved portrait frontispiece, supplied from a different Bacon work (small paper repair to blank inner margin), woodcut initials and ornaments, some light browning and minor staining, endpapers renewed, later diced Russia (?c.1800), rebacked in morocco and spine label renewed, gilt, [Gibson 141b; STC 1167.3], folio, Oxford, by Leonard Lichfield for Rob. Young and Ed. Forrest, 1640. *** Provenance: Robert Walsingham Martin (1871-1961), whose renowned and important collection was known as the 'Davenport Library'. This book appeared as lot 227 in the 1963 Park-Bernet sale, 'The Distinguished Library of the late Robert W. Martin of New Rochelle' [bookplate].
Francis Bacon "Central panel, from: Second version of the Triptych" (1944) Francis Bacon "Central panel, from: Second version of the Triptych" (1944) Original color lithograph, 1944. 60 copies on handmade paper, numbered and signed by hand. Catalogue raisonné Sabatier 24. Image size 62 x 46 cm. Sheet size 75 x 56 cm. In 1988, the artist created a second version of the triptych, this time choosing a blood-red background instead of an orange one, which gives even more depth to the work. This time, the work is almost double the size of the first version.
Francis Bacon (British, 1909-1992) Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975 lithograph in colors on Arches signed in green ink and numbered 54/170 in pencil 45 1/5 x 33 7/8 inches. This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Recent Paintings (1968-1974). Inscribed by Peter Beard. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. First edition, oblong quarto; inscribed and twice signed by Bacon's muse, friend, and collaborator, photographer Peter Beard (1938-2020), "For Suzan with warmest thoughts and regards as ever" alongside a small drawing of a head with a speech bubble in red felt tip pen on the first page of the introduction and again on the first page of the interview section, where he writes "for a dead-ele book in the works—like 1984 MOMA"; bound in black wrappers lettered in gray, front wrapper die-cut to reveal color self-portrait (minor marginal toning throughout; waving from dampstain and a corner crease to upper edge of front wrapper, small tear to cut-out edge, rubbed at corners); 8 ½ x 10 ½ in. Francis Bacon and Peter Beard first met at a gallery opening in 1957. They became fast friends, brought together by their shared personal and artistic motivations. Bacon was particularly inspired by Beard's famous aerial photographs depicting decomposing African elephant carcasses. They were massively influential on his meditations on death and decomposition: "For me, the most poignant are the ones of decomposing elephants where, over time, as they disintegrate, the bones form magnificent sculptures, which are not just abstract forms, but have all the memory traces of life's futility and despair." Bacon painted nine major portraits of Beard during his career and used his likeness for many other works. Upon his death in 1992, his apartment contained more than 200 of Beard's photographs, signifying their lasting connection and collaboration. In 1972, the Beard conducted a series of interviews with Bacon in which they discuss how Beard's photographs influenced his painting dubbed, the "Dead Elephant Interviews." Excerpts from these interviews appear in this catalogue for the first time.
Francis Bacon "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptych" (1944) Francis Bacon "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptych" (1944) Original colour lithograph, 1944. 60 copies on handmade paper, numbered and signed by hand. Catalogue raisonné Sabatier 24. Image size 62 x 46 cm. Sheet size 75 x 56 cm. In 1988, the artist created a second version of the triptych, this time choosing a blood-red background instead of an orange one, which gives the work even more depth. This time, the work is almost double the size of the first version.
Francis Bacon (British, 1909-1992) Metropolitan Museum of Art (S. 11), 1975 Photolithograph on Arches paper ed. 21 of 170 62.75 x 43.5 (in) 68.5 x 49.25 x 1.5 (in) framed Signed in green pen Francis Bacon, lower left $2,000 - $4,000 MOURLOT imp printed, lower right margin. Image is based on the center panel from "Triptych-May-June 1974." Printed by Alexis Manaranche, Paris with their name printed, lower left of image. Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in conjunction with their exhibition "Francis Bacon: Recent Paintings 1968-1974," March 20 - June 29, 1975. There was also an edition of 200 printed by Mourlot, Paris without the exhibition text.
Francis Bacon, British 1909-1992, Logic de la Sensation, 1981; lithograph in colours on wove, signed and numbered 64/150 in pencil, (there were also 25 copies numbered in Roman numerals), printed by Arts Litho, with their blindstamp, published by Éditions de la Différence, Paris, sheet: 44.8 x 32.7cm, (unframed) (ARR) Provenance: The Agathe Sorel and Gabor Sitkey Print Collection
Bacon, Francis. Opera omnia, cum novo eoque insigni augmento tractatum hactenus ineditorum & ex idiomate Anglicano in Latinum translatorum, opera S. J. Arnoldi. 10 Bl., 1584 (recte 1586) Sp., 24 Bl. Mit gestochener Titel-Vignette. Titel in Schwarz und Rot. 34 x 20 cm. Leder d. Z. (beschabt, Rückengelenke offen, Kapitale fehlen) mit goldgeprägtem RSchild. Leipzig, C. Goez für J. J. Erythropilus, 1694. Gibson 243a. – Spätere Ausgabe. Umfangreicher und vollständiger als die lateinische Erstausgabe von 1638. Erschien gleichzeitig in Kopenhagen. – Papierbedingt gebräunt, teilweise etwas braun- und feuchtfleckig sowie Innengelenk beim Vortitel offen. Titel mit hs. Besitzvermerk "Anton Palme 1895".
(Bacon, Francis). The historie of the reigne of King Henry the Seventh Written by Francis Lo: Virulam, Viscount S. Alban. 1 Bl., 248 S., 5 Bl. Titel mit breiter Holzschnittbordüre. 27 x 17,5 cm. Lederband d. Z. mit Rücken- und Filetenvergoldung. London, Signe of the Golden Lyon in Paul-Churchyard, 1629. Lowndes I, 95. STC 1161. – Nachdruck der erstmals 1622 erschienenen Ausgabe dieser Geschichte der Regentschaft Henrys VII. (1457-1509), des Begründers der Tudor-Dynastie – Mit gestoch. Exlibris ("Middle Aston"); ohne das gestoch. Porträt Henrys VII.; teils gebräunt und minimal fleckig.
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Study from Human Body (Sabatier 8), 1992 Aquatint in colors on wove paper, embossed with artist's signature (as issued) and numbered in pencil 11/90 (there were also 30 artist's proofs in Roman numerals), co-published by Marlborough Graphics, London and 2RC Edizioni, Rome, with their blindstamp, with the blindstamp of the printer, Vigna Antoniniana, Rome, with the blindstamp of the Francis Bacon Estate, with full margins. 52 3/4 x 38 3/4in (134 x 98.4cm) sheet 64 1/8 x 47 5/8in (163 x 120.9cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Seated Figure (Sabatier 7), 1992 Aquatint in colors on wove paper, embossed with artist's signature (as issued) and numbered II/XXX (an artist's proof, aside from the edition of 90 in Arabic numerals), co-published by Marlborough Graphics, London and 2RC Edizioni, Rome, with their blindstamp, with the blindstamp of the printer, Vigna Antoniniana, Rome, with the blindstamp of the Francis Bacon Estate, with full margins, framed. 52 3/4 x 38 5/8in (134 x 98.1cm) sheet 63 1/2 x 47in (161.3 x 119.4cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Miroir de la Tauromachie (Sabatier 29-30), 1990 The complete set, comprising four lithographs in colors on Arches paper, each signed in pencil, copy 129/150, printed on folded sheets, with title, text in French by Michel Leiris and justification, published by Galerie Lelong, Paris, housed in linen-covered portfolio. (4) each sheet 19 x 14 1/4in (48.2 x 36.1cm) each sheet unfolded 19 x 28 3/8in (48.2 x 70cm) portfolio 20 1/8 x 15 3/16 x 1 3/4in (51.1 x 38.5 x 4.45cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Logique de la sensation (Sabatier 28), 1981 Lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered XVII/XXV (aside from the edition of 150 in Arabic numerals), published by Éditions de la Différence, Paris, with the blindstamp of the printer, Arts Litho, Paris, the full sheet. sheet 17 5/8 x 12 7/8in (44.8 x 32.7cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Right panel, from Triptyque Août 1972 (Sabatier 23), 1979 Lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 178/180, published/printed by Galerie Lelong, Paris, with full margins. 25 7/8 x 19 1/8in (65.7 x 48.6cm) sheet 35 1/4 x 24 5/8in (89.5 x 62.5cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Center panel, from Triptyque Août 1972 (Sabatier 23), 1979 Lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered 178/180, published/printed by Galerie Lelong, Paris, with full margins. 25 7/8 x 19 1/8in (65.7 x 48.6cm) sheet 35 1/4 x 24 5/8in (89.5 x 62.5cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Triptych (Sabatier 32), 1975 Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper, signed in black ink and numbered 127/200, published/printed by Marlborough Gallery/Wolfensberger AG, Zurich, with full margins. 29 7/8 x 22in (75.9 x 55.9cm) sheet 33 3/4 x 24 1/16in (85.7 x 61.1cm)
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sabatier 11), 1975 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper, before lettering, signed in purple felt-tip pen and numbered 83/200, published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, for the retrospective Francis Bacon: Recent Paintings 1968-1974, 1975, printed by Alexis Manaranche, Paris, with full margins. 45 1/4 x 33 7/8in (114.9 x 86cm) sheet 62 1/2 x 43 1/2in (158.8 x 110.5cm)
FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992), AUTOGRAPH Сatalogue of the exhibition 'Francis Bacon' signed by the artist Catalogue of the exhibitions 'Francis Bacon': Paris (26.10.1971-10.01.1972) & Düsseldorf (7.03.-7.05.1972) Autographed dedication signed and dated 27/10/1971 on the first page. Paris, Ministère des Affaires Culturelles / Centre national d'art contemporain, 1971. Preface 'Francis Bacon today' by Michel Leiris. Softcover, 139 p. including [12] fold-outs; ill. in black and colour, illustrated cover in colour. In French. 25,5 x 19,5 cm Exhibition organised by the Centre national d'art contemporain with the support of the Réunion des musées nationaux, in collaboration with the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Upon the buyer’s request, we are pleased to provide a general condition report for the Lot described above. However, as we are not professional conservators or restorers, we strongly advise prospective buyers to conduct their own inspection or consult a specialist or restorer of their choice for a comprehensive professional assessment. Any condition descriptions provided in the catalogue or through any correspondence are for guidance only and should not be considered a substitute for a firsthand evaluation. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD ‘AS IS’ IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE.
