A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon was sold Monday by Christie's auction house in London for $34.5 million.
Bacon painted the Three Studies for a Self Portrait in Paris in 1975, beginning a series of self-portraits he painted...
“Three Studies for a Self Portrait” is the first of a series of self portraits he painted around 1975. It was bought by an unnamed buyer in 1976 and has since never been seen in...
LONDON - A portrait Francis Bacon painted of his lover has sold for US$27 million at a London auction.
Sotheby's auction house spokeswoman Poni Ujlaky said Tuesday that "Study for Head of George Dyer" was painted by Bacon in 1967 when he was at...
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Artists from Picasso to Warhol to Prince Charles have contributed a painting to the labels. The link ends at 2004, but the 2005 label was done by Italian sculpter Guiseppe Penone; I'm not sure about the 2006 label as it is still a young wine.
Neat....
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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He is also known as a catalyst of the scientific revolution. Bacon was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; without heirs, both peerages became extinct upon his death.
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