Figure at a Washbasin (from Requiem pour la Fin des Temps) 1977-78

Francis Bacon (1909-1992, British)

Figure at a Washbasin (from Requiem pour la Fin des Temps) 1977-78

etching and aquatint on Arches paper
47.4 x 36.3 cm

numbered and signed below image

 

published by Georges Visat, Paris, 1978

edition: EA 2/20

Provenance:

William Bowmore collection, New South Wales

Mossgreen, Melbourne, 21 November 2008, lot 1020 (as Despair)

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 6 December 2012, lot 11

Private collection, Melbourne

Reference:

Tacou, A., Francis Bacon: Estampes, Editions Bervillé, Paris, 2008, cat.35

Sabatier, B., Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Graphique de Francis Bacon, JSC Gallery, Paris, 2012, cat.3

Orozco, M., The Complete Prints of Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, Miguel Orozco, 2020, pp.34, 35, 55, 242, 243, 392, cat.56 (illus. pp.242-243, other examples)

Related Works:

Figure at a Washbasin 1976, oil on canvas, 198.0 x 147.5 cm; Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art collection, Venezuela



 

Estimate: $16000 - 20000

Result Hammer: $16000