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Francis Bacon - Offset in colors
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Francis Bacon
Second Version of Painting 1946, 1971
Offset in colors
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151
Francis Bacon
Second Version of Painting 1946, 1971
Offset in colors
Starting bid:
€ 3,000
Estimate:
€ 4,000 - 6,000
End: 07-15-26 16:15:00 Berlin
07-15-26 10:15:00 New York
07-15-26 07:15:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 19h:01m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 78,68 €,
within the EU countries 150,02 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Francis Bacon
1909 - 1992
Second Version of Painting 1946. 1971.
Offset in colors.
Signed and numbered. From an edition of 150 copies. On Arches wove paper. 81 x 59 cm (31.8 x 23.2 in), the full sheet.
Published by Städtischen Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf. [AW].
• With his inimitable visual language, Bacon is considered one of the most significant painters of the 20th century.
• The deformed human body in a tightly constructed space is one of his most characteristic subjects.
• Offset print based on the painting of the same name, which is now in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne; the first version has been in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, since 1948.

PROVENANCE: Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf.
Private collection (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Southern Germany (gifted from the above around 1974).

LITERATURE: Bruno Sabatier, Francis Bacon. Œuvre graphique – The graphique work. Catalogue raisonné, Paris 2012, CR no. 31.

In good condition. Slightly creased in places.