Sale 7958
London
|
29 March 2011
Price realised
GBP 21,250
Estimate
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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