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Collection of 32 drawings and 6 works on paper

Francis Bacon, 1950–1959

© Estate of Francis Bacon 2007. All rights reserved, DACS

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.

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Title of artwork, date

Collection of 32 drawings and 6 works on paper, 1950–1959

Date supported

1997

Medium and material

Oil, pen & graphite on paper

Grant

50000

Total cost

249000

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