Francis Bacon, “Self-Portrait” (1978), oil on canvas, 78 x 58 inches (Private Collection, © The Estate of Francis Bacon, all rights reserved / DACS, London / ARS ...
A new initial public offering (IPO) is dropping this summer, but it’s not for a tech company or retailer. A 1963 three-panel oil painting by Francis Bacon is set to become the first artwork ever taken ...
Francis Bacon, “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” (1969) (screenshot via christies.com) As Christie’s preps to sell off Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” for a possible record price of $100 ...
A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ($52.8 million) at Sotheby’s London on Wednesday, the first time the artwork has been auctioned in its almost six-decade ...
Francis Bacon spent the first 16 years of his life growing up on a stud farm in Ireland surrounded by horses and dogs. For Bacon, an asthmatic, danger lurked in animal fur, and forever after the ...
Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Francis Bacon’s total sales are going up, and if so ...
Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of sketches and paintings. Some experts aren’t so sure. By Alex Marshall The artist organizes a show of seldom-seen paintings at Gagosian to ...