"Other Big-Ticket Items" - Blog #5

[COVER_INSIDE2]Sotheby's

 

Francis Bacon, 'Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Francis Bacon

'Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror'

Est: $30 million to $40 million

The work was included in the same 1977 show that featured Bacon's "Triptych, 1976," which sold in 2008 for $86.2 million at Sotheby's and currently holds the record price for a contemporary artwork at auction. The piece combines a self-portrait with an image of Bacon's ultimately suicidal muse George Dyer. Sotheby's contemporary evening sale on May 9 marks the first time the painting has been on the market in 35 years.