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Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT OF JOHN EDWARDS, 1987
lithograph in colour; (no. 145 from an edition of 180)
signed in the margin lower right; numbered lower
left
26.75 by 20in. (67.95 by 50.80cm)
Provenance:
Marlborough Gallery, London;
Where purchased by the present owner
Francis Bacon met John Edwards at the infamous
Colony Club in London’s Soho in 1974. He became
Bacon’s companion from then on. Edwards was the
subject of some of his most signifcant portraits and
later sole heir to his estate. He donated the entire
contents of the artist’s Reece Mews Studio to Dublin
City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, in 1998.
€3,000-€4,000 (£2,459-£3,278 approx).
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Sean Scully ( b.1945)
DESIRE, 1985
etching with aquatint on Arches paper; (no. 21 from an
edition of 25)
signed and dated in the margin lower right; titled centre;
numbered lower left
16.75 by 23.75in. (42.55 by 60.33cm)
Sheet size: 22.25 by 29.75ins.
€1,500-€2,000 (£1,229-£1,639 approx).
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