
Portrait of George Dyer Riding a Bicycle (Large) (Q1A)
Francis Bacon's "Portrait of George Dyer Riding a Bicycle (Large)" presents a characteristically distorted figuration of the artist's lover and muse, George Dyer, rendered in oil paint and then reproduced as a giclée print. The work exemplifies Bacon's visceral approach to portraiture, where the human form is fractured and abstracted through gestural brushwork and spatial ambiguity, creating an unsettling psychological intensity. Mounted on aluminum, this print edition retains the chromatic intensity of Bacon's original vision while transforming the intimate subject matter into a reproducible image.
- Medium
- Giclée print in colours, flush-mounted to aluminum support (as issued).
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
January 23, 2025
Lot 142
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