Category
Print-MultipleMedium
LithographType of Artwork
Multiple (96/180)Certificate issued by
Gallery COASignature
Hand signedSize of the artwork
94.5 x 67.9 cm(37.2 x 26.73 in)
Condition
good conditionPublisher
Editions de la Difference, Paris, 1986Catalogue raisonné reference
Bruno Sabatier, Francis Bacon: The Graphic Work, no. 22 ; Francis Bacon: Estampes - collection Alexandre Tacou Number 23Artwork description
Francis BACON
(1909-1992)
Etude pour un portrait de John Edwards(1986)
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Original Lithograph in colours,1986 , on Arches paper, with full margins, signed by the artist in pencil.
Edition: There were also 30 Hors Commerce proofs and 5 dedicated proofs made. The plate is destroyed.
Note: Although the subject of this composition was John Edwards, Bacon's great friend for the later years of his life and the inheritor of his estate, it is nonetheless, like all Bacon's work, non specific. Bacon met Edwards whist he was working as a Barman in “The Swan”, one of three Pubs run by his elder brothers. He was asked to provide Champagne for Bacon - who never turned up. Later he met Bacon and abused him for this act of unkindness. As a result they became friends and would often eat breakfast together.
Printed by: Arts Litho, Paris, 1986