Francis Bacon:
Picture "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptyc" (1944)
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Picture "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptyc" (1944)
Francis Bacon:
Picture "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptyc" (1944)

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limited, 60 copies | numbered | signed by hand | original colour lithograph on handmade paper | framed | size 86 x 67 cm

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Picture "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptyc" (1944)
Francis Bacon: Picture "Central Panel, from: Second Versi...

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Picture "Central Panel, from: Second Version of the Triptyc" (1944)

Shortly after Francis Bacon destroyed almost his entire artistic production between 1942 and 1943, he created the triptych "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion" in 1944. In 1988, the artist produced a second version of the triptych, this time choosing a blood-red background instead of the orange one, which gives the work even more depth.
This time the work reaches almost twice the size of the first version.

Here, we present the central panel of this triptych.Bacon foregrounded a being on a stool that cannot be clearly defined for painting, which is both surreal and abstract. The seemingly melting figure thus leaves the viewer room for interpretation. Works by Francis Bacon are in the holdings of the most renowned international collections and institutions.

Original colour lithograph, 1944. 60 copies on handmade paper, numbered and signed by hand. Catalogue raisonné Sabatier 24. motif size 62 x 46 cm. Sheet size 75 x 56 cm. Size in frame 86 x 67 cm as shown.

About Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was a British painter born in Ireland. He is among the most significant representational painters of the 20th century. A preferred theme in his work is the depiction of the deformed human body in tightly constructed spaces.

Francis Bacon's extensive oeuvre is distributed among the collections of the world's major museums. As a British artist, his works are naturally found in the collections of the Tate Modern and Tate Britain. In the USA, they are housed, for example, at the MoMA and Guggenheim Museum, while on the European continent, they can be seen in the Städel Museum Frankfurt, Centre Pompidou Paris and the Kunsthaus Zürich, among others.

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