Lot no. 96
FRANCIS BACON (DUBLINO 1909 - MADRID 1992) "Miroir de la Tauromachie" 1990 Complete specimen of the 4 off-text colour lithographs by Francis Bacon, each signed in pencil by the artist at lower right, text in French by Michel Leiris, all contained in the original beige cloth-lined slipcase. Limited edition of 155 copies on velin d'Arches. Specimen no. 28. Edition Galerie Lelong, Paris In folio cm 47,9x35,9 Provenance Private collection Literature B. Sabatier ‘’Francis Bacon. Oeuvre graphique - Graphic work, Catalogue Raisonné‘’. Paris, Ed. Bruno Sabatier, 2012, pp. 94-97, no. 29 and 30 colour ill. Frémon, ‘Bacon, un envoûtement’, in Leiris & Co, Gallimard - Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2015, pp. 328-341 Daki, ‘Leiris/Bacon, une amitié à l'œuvre’, in Revue de littérature comparée, 2/2003, no. 306, pp. 169-181 Francis Bacon, l'œuvre gravé. Collection Alexandre Tacou, Milsztein, 2013, no. 37
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Modern and Contemporary Art
20121 Milano - Italy
05/27/2025
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