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Two self-portraits of Francis Bacon fetch 30 million poundThe potraits, painted by Bacon in 1975 and 1980, had never been on display to the public and resurfaced in a private collection earlier thi...
Sotheby's offers Francis Bacon's 'Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer' for auctionDepicting the man who was the love of Bacon’s life at the moment when they were most deeply involved, this exceptionally depiction of Dyer ...
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The top price of the evening was paid for Francis Bacon's Portrait of George Dyer Talking, which sold for £42,194,500/ $70,042,870/ €51,308...
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