FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)

Man in Blue VII

Price realised EUR 6,033,500
Estimate
EUR 5,000,000 – EUR 8,000,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)

Man in Blue VII

Price realised EUR 6,033,500
Closed: 9 Jun 2016
Price realised EUR 6,033,500
Closed: 9 Jun 2016
Details
FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)
Man in Blue VII
huile sur toile
152.7 x 116.5 cm. (60 1/8 x 46 in.)
Peint en 1954.
Provenance
Hanover Gallery, Londres
Charles Williams, Londres
Redfern Gallery, Londres
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, Londres
The Marchioness of Hartington
Waddington Galleries, Londres
Ivor Braka Ltd, Londres
Collection privée, Europe
Vente anonyme, Christie's Londres, 6 février 2002, lot 13
Acquis lors de cette vente
Literature
J. Rothenstein, R. Alley, Francis Bacon, London, 1964, No. 87, p. 88 (illustré p. 193).
Exhibited
Venise, XXVII Biennale di Venezia, The British Pavilion: Exhibition of Works by Nicholson, Bacon, Freud, juin–octobre 1954, No. 58a.
Londres, Redfern Gallery, Summer Exhibition 1961, juin-août 1961, No. 9.
Lisbonne, Fundaçao Caluste Gulbenkian, Arte Britanica no Século XX, février-mars 1962, No. 52 (illustré au catalogue d'exposition).
Edimbourg, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Francis Bacon: Portraits and Heads, juin-septembre 2005, No. 14 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 44).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also 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.
Further details
'MAN IN BLUE VII'; OIL ON CANVAS.

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