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Triptych 1991 (right panel) - Signed Print by Francis Bacon 1992 - MyArtBroker

Triptych 1991 (right panel)
Signed Print

Francis Bacon

£6,000-£8,500Value Indicator

$12,500-$18,000 Value Indicator

$11,000-$16,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,150,000-¥1,630,000 Value Indicator

$8,000-$11,500 Value Indicator

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134 x 98cm, Edition of 84, Aquatint

Medium: Aquatint

Edition size: 84

Year: 1992

Size: H 134cm x W 98cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: September 2022

Value Trend:

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
September 2022
Phillips London
United Kingdom
$6,500
$7,500
$9,500
December 2021
Tate Ward Auctions
United Kingdom
October 2017
Phillips New York
United States
February 2004
Christie's New York
United States
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The value of Francis Bacon's Triptych 1991 (right panel) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,000 and £8,500. This aquatint artwork, created in 1992, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in February 2004. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £6,500 in September 2022 to £9,000 in December 2021. This work has an auction history of four total sales. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 84.

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Meaning & Analysis

In this portion of the triptych, placed above the lower half of a muscular body and seemingly nailed to this right canvas is a close-up headshot of Bacon’s face. The small black and white portrait glares out to the viewer. The figure is confronting with its deformed composition and deadpan face. Autobiographical in its macabre self-portraiture, this 84 edition print expresses the artist’s personal demons as bodily anxiety and claustrophobia are evoked in this signed work.

Using muted colours, Bacon draws attention to the black rectangular void from which the figure emerges from. The layering of contrasting rectangles draws the viewer's eyes towards the self-portrait and creates a pleasing geometric background for the fleshy legs to exist within. The block-coloured background emphasises the red hues that define the contours of the muscular body.

  • Irish-born artist, Francis Bacon, has produced some of the most famous paintings in the British Contemporary canon. The 20th century maverick's visceral and emotionally charged canvases redefined figurative art. Exploring harrowing themes of trauma, sexuality, religion and violence, Bacon forces the viewer to confront the human psyche and the dark realities of human emotion. Often working from memory or his own imagination, there is a clear morphing of influences on Bacon’s work. An unusual combination of imagery is the result of his exposure to canonical artists such as Velazquez, Picasso and Rembrandt alongside his exploration of medical textbooks and photographic stills.