Francis Bacon
“Study For a Portrait of John Edwards 1986”
Limited Edition Print : Original Lithograph in Colours, 1986, on Arches Paper, With Full Margins
Size: 37.20x26.77x0.00 inches | 94x68 cm
Framed : 41.73x34.74 in | 106x88 cm
Edition: From the Edition of 180
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Year1986
Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil
Condition Excellent
Framed with PlexiglassBlack Box Frame
Purchased fromAuction House 2021
Story / Additional InfoTitle: Study for a portrait of John Edwards. Etude pour un portrait de John Edwards. Medium: Original Lithograph in colours, 1986, on Arches paper, with full margins, signed by the artist in pencil. There were also 30 Hors Commerce proofs and 5 dedicated proofs made. The plate is destroyed. Literature: Francis Bacon: Estampes - collection Alexandre Tacou Number 23. Bruno Sabatier, Francis Bacon: The Graphic Work, no. 22. Note: Although the subject of this composition was John Edwards, Bacon's great friend for the later years of his life and the inheritor of his estate, it is nonetheless, like all Bacon's work, non specific. Bacon met Edwards whist he was working as a Barman in “The Swan”, one of three Pubs run by his elder brothers. He was asked to provide Champagne for Bacon - who never turned up. Later he met Bacon and abused him for this act of unkindness.
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