30th Apr, 2025 11:00

Fine Pictures, Prints & Sculptures

 
  Lot 73
 

Francis Bacon (British 1909-1992)

Second Version, Triptych 1944 (1989)

three, each signed in pencil and numbered 36/60
the complete set, comprising three lithographs in colours on Arches wove paper
each image 62 x 46 cm, framed and glazed 82 x 62.5 cm

Executed in 1989; this set is number 46 from the edition of 60 plus 8 artist’s proofs, printed by Art Estampe, published by Michel Archimbaud for the Librarie Séguier for IRCAM Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Literature:
Sabatier 24.

Sold for £13,000


Condition Report

Visible sheets are in excellent condition. There is what appears to be a vertical pencil smudge just under the signature on the third work. Under glass and unexamined out of frame.

 

Francis Bacon (British 1909-1992)

Second Version, Triptych 1944 (1989)

three, each signed in pencil and numbered 36/60
the complete set, comprising three lithographs in colours on Arches wove paper
each image 62 x 46 cm, framed and glazed 82 x 62.5 cm

Executed in 1989; this set is number 46 from the edition of 60 plus 8 artist’s proofs, printed by Art Estampe, published by Michel Archimbaud for the Librarie Séguier for IRCAM Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Provenance

Literature:
Sabatier 24.