Collection of 32 drawings and 6 works on paper

Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992)

Tate Collection

1950 - 1959

A group of 32 drawings mostly oil on paper. 6 works on paper including loose pages from a sketchbook and two pages from a boxing publication with illustrations of Jack Dempsey and Joe Beckett and Georges Carpentier over painted by Bacon.

• Medium: oil, pen & graphite on paper
• Art Fund Grant: £50000 ( Total: £249,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1997
• Vendor: Private collection (through Marlborough Fine Art)

Provenance

Given by artist to present owner in late 1950s/early 1960s

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