Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
Nov 30, 2023
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 668:

[BACON FRANCIS]: (1909-1992) Irish-born British painter. A good, large colour 13 x 19 (32.5 x ...

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Auction took place on Nov 30, 2023 at International Autograph Auctions
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[BACON FRANCIS]: (1909-1992) Irish-born British painter. A good, large colour 13 x 19 (32.5 x 48 cm) photograph of Bacon by photographer Jacques Saraben, the image depicting the artist seated in a full-length pose in his studio surrounded by unruly piles of paint tubes, pots of paint brushes, the floor scattered with other paraphernalia and the walls partially covered in various daubs of coloured paints. Signed (‘Jacques Saraben’) by the photographer to the lower white border and further titled in his hand ‘Francis Bacon, Atelier de Reece Mews, 25 Mars 1972’ (printed later). Also with his oval credit stamp to the verso. A couple of extremely light, minor corner and surface creases to the white borders, otherwise VG

Jacques Saraben (1939- ) French photographer and painter.

7 Reece Mews in South Kensington, London, served as Bacon’s studio from October 1961 until his death in April 1992. Few people were allowed into the centre of his artistic activities, and even fewer witnessed him painting. In 1998 the entire contents of the studio were donated to the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin where they were meticulously reconstructed.

Irish-born British painter. A good, large colour 13 x 19 (32.5 x 48 cm) photograph of Bacon by photographer Jacques Saraben, the image depicting the artist seated in a full-length pose in his studio surrounded by unruly piles of paint tubes, pots of paint brushes, the floor scattered with other paraphernalia and the walls partially covered in various daubs of coloured paints. Signed (‘Jacques Saraben’) by the photographer to the lower white border and further titled in his hand ‘Francis Bacon, Atelier de Reece Mews, 25 Mars 1972’ (printed later). Also with his oval credit stamp to the verso. A couple of extremely light, minor corner and surface creases to the white borders, otherwise VG

Jacques Saraben (1939- ) French photographer and painter.

7 Reece Mews in South Kensington, London, served as Bacon’s studio from October 1961 until his death in April 1992. Few people were allowed into the centre of his artistic activities, and even fewer witnessed him painting. In 1998 the entire contents of the studio were donated to the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin where they were meticulously reconstructed.


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