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Triptych 1986
Triptych 1986
Francis Bacon
Tryptych, 1986/1987
Three etchings and aquatints in colours, on Arches paper, with full margins
Paper size: 89.5 × 62.5 cms; Image Size: 65.2 x 48.6 cms.
From the edition of 99. These are numbered as follows: There were also 15 artists proofs and a number of HC copies. Left Panel : (Woodrow Wilson) 15/99 Central Panel: John Edwards 80/99 Right Panel : Trotskys Desk 58/99
Signed by the artist in pencil
Edition: From the edition of 99
Edition: From the edition of 99
£ 35,000.00
The left hand panel depicts President Woodrow Wilson (Orozco 51). The prototype was an old press cutting. The Central panel is a portrait of John Edwards - The artists long...
The left hand panel depicts President Woodrow Wilson (Orozco 51). The prototype was an old press cutting.
The Central panel is a portrait of John Edwards - The artists long term lover and muse
The right hand panel is after a photograph of Trotskys Study in Mexico taken after his murder. Bacon depicts the desk belonging to the assassinated Russian political figure, Trotsky. Murdered with an icepick in Mexico by a Spanish-born Soviet agent acting on Stalin's orders, Trotsky's body is draped in a bloodstained shroud. Although alluding to the violence of the act—eyewitnesses attested to Trotsky grappling with the assassin and even spitting in his face—the portrayal of the desk also alludes to the legacy of work that a great man leaves behind. When Bacon made this signed limited edition he was just five years before his own death, and clearly in contemplative mood.
The Central panel is a portrait of John Edwards - The artists long term lover and muse
The right hand panel is after a photograph of Trotskys Study in Mexico taken after his murder. Bacon depicts the desk belonging to the assassinated Russian political figure, Trotsky. Murdered with an icepick in Mexico by a Spanish-born Soviet agent acting on Stalin's orders, Trotsky's body is draped in a bloodstained shroud. Although alluding to the violence of the act—eyewitnesses attested to Trotsky grappling with the assassin and even spitting in his face—the portrayal of the desk also alludes to the legacy of work that a great man leaves behind. When Bacon made this signed limited edition he was just five years before his own death, and clearly in contemplative mood.
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