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Francis Bacon — Second Version of Painting 1946
Francis Bacon

Second Version of Painting 1946

1971

A haunting and visceral composition, this offset lithograph reproduces one of Bacon's most iconic and unsettling images, featuring a looming, shrouded figure presiding over splayed carcasses of meat beneath a dark umbrella. Printed in rich, brooding colours on Arches wove paper, the work captures Bacon's signature fusion of raw flesh, power, and existential dread. The lithographic medium translates the original painting's dense, suffocating atmosphere with remarkable fidelity, preserving the tension between violence and stillness that defines Bacon's vision.

Medium
offset lithograph printed in colours on Arches wove paper

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August 11, 2023

Estimate: $5,000$7,000

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Francis Bacon, Second Version of Painting 1946, 1971

A haunting and visceral composition, this offset lithograph reproduces one of Bacon's most iconic and unsettling images, featuring a looming, shrouded figure presiding over splayed carcasses of meat beneath a dark umbrella. Printed in rich, brooding colours on Arches wove paper, the work captures Bacon's signature fusion of raw flesh, power, and existential dread. The lithographic medium translates the original painting's dense, suffocating atmosphere with remarkable fidelity, preserving the tension between violence and stillness that defines Bacon's vision.

Medium
offset lithograph printed in colours on Arches wove paper
Year
1971
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

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Dark, 20th Century, Existential Mood, Male Artist, Expressionism, Distorted, Dark Imagery, British Artist, Melancholic, Post-War, Figurative Art, Postwar Art, Visceral, Multicolour Print, Modern Master, British, Lithograph, Abstract, Figurative

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Sebastián In Situ, Sebastián Naranjo