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Francis Bacon — Portrait of George Dyer Riding a Bicycle (Large) (Q1A)
Francis Bacon

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).

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Evening & Day Editions

January 23, 2025

Lot 142

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Francis Bacon, 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).
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark And Intense, 20th Century, Expressionism, Distorted Form, Geometric Abstraction, Bicycle, Figurative Portrait, British, Large Scale, Oil on Canvas

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Sebastián In Situ, Sebastián Naranjo