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FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)
Three Studies for Self-Portrait
signed, dated and titled 'Study for Self-Portrait 1979 Francis Bacon' (on the reverse of each canvas)
triptych—oil on canvas
Each: 14 x 12 in. (35.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1979
Provenance
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.
Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above, 1979, then by descent).
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 8 December 1999, lot 72.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
M. Harrison, ed., Francis Bacon Catalogue Raisonné, 1971-1992, London, 2016, vol. IV, pp. 1174-1175 (illustrated in color, p. 1174, no. 79-02).
Exhibited
Palma de Mallorca, Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Marlborough in Pelaires, August-October 1990 (illustrated in color, p. 37).
Seattle, Pivot Art + Culture, The Figure in Process: de Kooning to Kapoor 1955-2015, December 2015-February 2016, pp. 11 and 23.
Seattle, Pivot Art + Culture, A Closer Look: Portraits from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, December 2016-March 2017.
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