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Self Portrait
(Francis Bacon)

Description

Acquired through The Matthiesen Gallery by a private client

Measurements
198 x 136.6 cms
Type
Oil on canvas
Provenance

K J Hewett, London
Brenda Bomfort, Aldbourne
Private Collection, Cologne
Marlborough Fine Arts Ltd, London
Private Collection, Switzerland
Hanover Gallery, London
Galleria Galatea, Turiin

Literature

Stephen Spender, ‘Francis Bacon’ in Quadrum, vol. XI Brussels, December 1961, rep. p. 47
Art International, vol VI no. 8 Zurich, 25th October 1962 p. 69 rep.
Pictures on Exhibit, vol. XXVI no. 3, December 1962, p. 64
John Rothenstein and Ronald Alley, ‘Francis Bacon’ Alley Thames, London 1964, no. 110 p. 101 rep.
Lorenza Trucchi, ‘Francis Bacon’ Fratelli Fabbri, Milan 1975, no. 47

Exhibited

1961 Nottingham, Nottingham University, Francis Bacon. No. 18
1962 Art Council touring exhibition, ‘British Self Portrait’, no. 2 B 205
1962 London, The Tate Gallery, ‘Francis Bacon’, no. 52
1962 Manheim, Kunsthalle, ‘Francis Bacon’, no. 41
1962 Turin

Historical Period
Modern - 1890-1930
Subject
Portrait
School
British
Price band
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