Francis BACON Triptych 1983, Right Panel  (1983)

The right-hand panel from Triptych 1983, an original lithograph in colours on watermarked Arches wove paper after the painting of the same name, housed in the Hirshhorn Musuem and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, US. Signed in pencil and numbered from the limited edition of 180. Printed and published by Galerie Lelong, Paris. Referenced in Tacou, 14 and Sabatier, 17. Image size 67 x 50cm.

In good condition with strong, bright colours, a couple of paper blemishes in the sheet margins, more photos and full condition rerport to follow.

A large, beautifully coloured and instantly recognisable signed Francis Bacon print with its decapitated seated figure against a graphical shape and stunning orange background.

Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures.