BACON, Francis
 
Georges à la Bicyclette (Portrait of George Dyer Riding a Bicycle). Printed by ARTE, for Galerie Maeght, Paris in 1995.
 
Description
 
Offset lithograph on heavy Stonehenge wove paper.
Published in a limited edition of 500 copies.
The 1995 being a premium edition, after Francis Bacon’s important 1966 oil painting, Portrait of George Dyer Riding a Bicycle. The original canvas, currently housed in the permanent collection of the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, is one of Bacon’s principal mid-career depictions of his partner and muse, George Dyer.
The Stonehenge paper retains its natural cream/off-white tone. Without any colour loss, fading or abrasions. Near fine condition.
Framed and glazed, contemporary black composite frame.
Sheet, 68.0x51.9cm; external, 77.2x61.3cm.