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FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)

Étude pour une Corrida, after Study for Bullfight No. 1, 1969

Price Realised GBP 44,100
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GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000
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FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)

Étude pour une Corrida, after Study for Bullfight No. 1, 1969

Price Realised GBP 44,100
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Price Realised GBP 44,100
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FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)
Étude pour une Corrida, after Study for Bullfight No. 1, 1969
lithograph in colours, 1971, on wove paper, signed in felt-tip pen, numbered 127/150, published by Musée du Grand Palais, Paris
Image 1266 x 1152 mm.
Sheet 1600 x 1201 mm.
Literature
Sabatier 10
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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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Lot Essay

Bacon's interest in bullfighting developed during several trips to Spain and southern France during the 1960s. The drama and brutality of the spectacle clearly struck a chord with the artist, who began collecting reference materials and images which he would annotate in his characteristic way. In 1969 Bacon conceived three large-scale works intended for Bullfighting triptych. Ultimately Bacon decided that each work should stand alone, as each individual composition focussed the viewer's attention on the precisely choreographed movement in the arena, and as such was a closer reflection of the art of the corrida.

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