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
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Prints and lithographs
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