Sotheby’s sells Study for a Head 1952, important work seen in public only once
A Francis Bacon painting considered one of his most important left in private hands, part of his terrifying “screaming pope” series, is to appear at auction.
Sotheby’s said on Friday it was selling Study for a Head 1952, part of a collection inspired by Diego Velázquez’s portrait of Pope Innocent X, which helped to establish Bacon’s reputation in the 1950s.
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