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Portrait de Michel Leiris (after, Portrait of Michel Leiris 1976) (S. 2, T. 34)
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EVENING & DAY EDITIONS
ARTIST
Francis Bacon
Size
I. 29.9 x 25.1 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
S. 67.5 x 52 cm (26 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Description
Medium
Etching and aquatint in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins.
Signature
Signed in pencil and annotated 'for the files of the Marlborough' in ink (faded) (an unnumbered proof aside from the edition of 100 and 46 in Roman numerals), published by Éditions Georges Visat et Cie., Paris (with their blindstamp), 1978, unframed.
Provenance
Christie's, London, Beston Collection, 10 February 2006, lot 446
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Bruno Sabatier 2
Alexandre Tacou 34
ars publicata, Francis Bacon Editions, 1978.01