Francis Bacon’s 1.9-meter triptych could be sold for $47.4-74.5 million at Christie’s in London next month.
“Triptych 1986-87” debuts after three decades of private exhibitions. The painting will go up for auction at Christie’s 20th Century contemporary art auction in London on March 1st.
The canvas was one of Bacon’s works shown at the Central House of Artists in Moscow at the famous 1988 exhibition. As Catherine Arnold, Head of the European Department of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s, noted, Francis Bacon is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, and the triptych is proof that he was able to convey the full range of human emotions.
“Rare in its scale, the triptych allowed Bacon to inscribe his own life, with its victories and defeats, in the context of the historical events of the twentieth century. The work has been in a private collection for many years and has taken part in numerous exhibitions, which indicates how important it is in the artist’s heritage, ”Arnold emphasized.
The Irish-born British artist painted this work while living in England and is one of 28 large-scale triptychs he created during his career. An anonymous seller bought the piece in 2007 from the Marlborough Gallery in New York.
The work was last exhibited at the Center Pompidou exhibition dedicated to Francis Bacon in 2020.
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