Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Three Studies for a Portrait

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Three Studies for a Portrait
i) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Study for Portrait Left panel from front Francis Bacon 1976.' (on the reverse)
ii) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Study for a portrait Center Panel Francis Bacon 1976.' (on the reverse)
iii) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Study for Portrait right panel from Front Francis Bacon 1976.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, in three parts
each: 14 x 12in. (35.5 x 30.5cm.)
Painted in 1976

Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Provenance
Marlborough International Fine Art, Vaduz.
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above in 1977).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1994.

Pre-Lot Text
THE EYE OF THE ARCHITECT: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Literature
M. Harrison and R. Daniels (eds.), Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné: Volume IV 1971-92, London 2016, p. 1114, no. 76-13 (illustrated in colour, pp. 1114-1115).

Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Francis Bacon: oeuvres récentes, 1977, no. 16 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).