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Lot 99
  • 99

Francis Bacon

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Triptych: Right Panel and Centre Panel (S. 4)
  • etching and aquatint
  • each plate: 389 by 295mm 15 3/4 by 11 5/8 in
  • each sheet: 644 by 497mm 25 3/8 by 19 5/8 in
Two etchings and aquatints printed in colours, from the set of three, 1981, both signed in pencil, numbered 24/99 (edition includes 15 artist's proofs), on wove paper, printed and published by Poligrafa, Barcelona, each framed

Condition

Centre panel: With full margins (a partial deckle at right and upper sheet edges), with uneven discoloration in the margins and verso, areas of oxidation in left margin and throughout verso, infrequent small fox marks, a few handling creases in the margins, framed. Right panel: With full margins (a partial deckle at right and upper sheet edges), generally in good condition apart from a small very pale area of discoloration in the mid-ground of the image at right (just inside the right edge of the plate), handling creases in the margins, infrequent small fox marks, pale discoloration in the margins, light surface soiling in the margins and verso, framed.
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