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FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)
Second Version, Triptych 1944 (Large Version)
the complete set of three lithographs in colours, 1989, on Arches wove paper, each signed in pencil, numbered 30/30 (there were also eight artist's proofs), published by Edition Frédéric Birr and Michel Archimbaud for Librairie Séguier, Paris, with their blindstamp
Image 1440 x 1060 mm.
Sheet 1637 x 1197 mm. (each)
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Sabatier 24
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拍品专文

Francis Bacon’s famous first iteration of this subject, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, circa 1944 (Tate, London) was first exhibited at the end of the World War II. Referencing an altarpiece, Bacon has replaced Christ’s grieving disciples with three screaming beasts identified as the Eumenides, the vengeful furies of Greek mythology. In the aftermath of war, the painting reflected the horror and depravity of a world seemingly beyond redemption. In 1988 Bacon revisited the subject in paint in Second Version of Triptych 1944 (Tate, London), this time with a backdrop of blood red. He also authorized two lithographic editions including this almost life-size version created as a homage to the French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), in a limited edition of thirty. Another version, much reduced in scale, was published in an edition of sixty. Due to its monumental size, the large version is truly evocative of the power and presence of the painted original. Complete sets rarely come onto the market.

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