• Modern & Contemporary Prints auction at Christies

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    Modern & Contemporary Prints

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    29 March 2011

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    • Francis Bacon
    Lot 117

    Francis Bacon

    Seated Figure, 1977

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    GBP 21,250

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    GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

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    Francis Bacon
    Seated Figure, 1977
    etching and aquatint with drypoint in colours, 1992, on wove paper, with the stamped signature and blindstamp of the artist's estate, numbered 39/90, printed by Valter Rossi, co-published by Marlborough Graphics, New York, and 2RC Editrice, Rome, on wove paper, with wide margins, apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frame
    P. 1340 x 984 mm., S. 1630 x 1190 mm.

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