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Study for Portrait X
Details
FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)
Study for Portrait X
oil on canvas
78 x 56 in. (198.1 x 142.2 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Study for Portrait X
oil on canvas
78 x 56 in. (198.1 x 142.2 cm.)
Painted in 1957
Provenance
Hanover Gallery, London.
Galleria Galatea, Turin (acquired from the above, 12 March 1958).
Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, by January 1959.
Galleria Galatea, Turin (acquired from the above, 12 March 1958).
Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, by January 1959.
Literature
D. Farson, The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon, London, 1994, p. 89.
R. Alley and J. Rothenstein, Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné and Documentation, London, 1964, pp. 108 and 272, no. 125 (illustrated).
M. Cappock, Francis Bacon’s Studio, London, 2005, pp. 33 and 199, fig. 34 (illustrated).
M. Harrison and R. Daniels, eds., Francis Bacon, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume II: 1929-57, London, 2016, pp. 490-491, no. 57-06 (illustrated).
R. Alley and J. Rothenstein, Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné and Documentation, London, 1964, pp. 108 and 272, no. 125 (illustrated).
M. Cappock, Francis Bacon’s Studio, London, 2005, pp. 33 and 199, fig. 34 (illustrated).
M. Harrison and R. Daniels, eds., Francis Bacon, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume II: 1929-57, London, 2016, pp. 490-491, no. 57-06 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Rive Droite and London, Hanover Gallery, Francis Bacon, February-April 1957, n.p., no. 18 (Paris, titled Study for Portrait) and n.p., no. 9 (London, illustrated).
Turin, Galleria Galatea; Milan, Galleria dell'Ariete and Rome, L'Obelisco, Francis Bacon, January-March 1958, n.p. (Turin and Milan, dated 1953-54 and titled Studio per ritratto n. 10); n.p., no. 5 (Milan, dated 1953-54 and titled Studio per ritratto n. 10).
Rome, Galleria Il Fante di Spade, Francis Bacon, October-November 1966, n.p., no. 11 (titled Study for Portrait).
Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Un’avventura internazionale: Torino e le arti 1950-1970, February-April 1993, p. 273 (illustrated).
Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Marlene Dumas, Francis Bacon, June-October 1995, pp. 148-149 (illustrated; dated 1953-54).
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art; Minneapolis Institute of the Arts; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Francis Bacon: A Retrospective, January-October 1999, pp. 108-109, no. 29 (illustrated).
Turin, Galleria Galatea; Milan, Galleria dell'Ariete and Rome, L'Obelisco, Francis Bacon, January-March 1958, n.p. (Turin and Milan, dated 1953-54 and titled Studio per ritratto n. 10); n.p., no. 5 (Milan, dated 1953-54 and titled Studio per ritratto n. 10).
Rome, Galleria Il Fante di Spade, Francis Bacon, October-November 1966, n.p., no. 11 (titled Study for Portrait).
Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Un’avventura internazionale: Torino e le arti 1950-1970, February-April 1993, p. 273 (illustrated).
Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Marlene Dumas, Francis Bacon, June-October 1995, pp. 148-149 (illustrated; dated 1953-54).
New Haven, Yale Center for British Art; Minneapolis Institute of the Arts; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Francis Bacon: A Retrospective, January-October 1999, pp. 108-109, no. 29 (illustrated).
Presentado por
Paige Kestenman
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale