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17+ Lucian Freud Francis Bacon Background
22/05/2018 00:00
17+ Lucian Freud Francis Bacon Background. Francis bacon's three studies of lucian freud became the world's most expensive artwork sold at auction at christie's on the back of the wealthy getting richer, strong demand for contemporary art, and the subjectively intrinsic value of the work itself. Yet francis bacon and lucian freud had a falling out, for reasons that neither man fully explained.
Three studies of lucian freud (detail) by francis bacon, 1969. The triptych, three studies of lucian freud (1969), is considered one of bacon's greatest masterpieces. Le succès d'un triptyque de francis bacon, adjugé 142,4 millions $ aux enchères à new york, s'explique autant par la qualité de ce «chef d'oeuvre hypnotique» que par son sujet:
As a snail leaves its slime.
Not only is the painting an isolated reality, and not only does the triptych have three isolated panels (which above all must not be united. 'francis bacon and lucian freud'. And the pop artist david hockney. As a snail leaves its slime.