At the auction of postwar and contemporary art Christie's on November 12 in New York City put up one of the world's most famous works of Francis Bacon - triptych "Three sketch Lusien Freud" 1969

FRANCIS BACON
triptych "Three sketch Lusien Freud " 1969

The sale of postwar and contemporary art Christie's, which will be held November 12 in New York, put up one of the world's most famous works of Francis Bacon - triptych "Three sketch Lusien Freud " in 1969 . Triple image of a friend and colleague of the estimated $ 85 million (53 million pounds). Triptych is offered at a public auction for the first time some European collector .

This triptych could beat the current record auction prices for works by Bacon, who , from a peak in 2008 holds the "Triptych" 1976 ( 6th place in our ranking of the most expensive works sold at public trades in the world ). For it at Sotheby's auction in May 2008 Roman Abramovich paid 86,281 million including fees .

And if you remember the later sale of works of Bacon , in 2011 a preparatory smaller triptych "Three sketch a portrait of Freud Lusiena " 1964 was auctioned off for 23 million pounds in the evaluation of 7-9 million .

Artists Lusien Freud and Francis Bacon met in 1945 , and over tens of years were very close emotionally and professionally , has repeatedly painted portraits of each other . Communication of two outstanding British artists began to decline in the 1970s .

triptych "Three sketch Lusien Freud " was written by Francis Bacon in 1969 within the walls of London's Royal College of Art ( artist's own studio at the time suffered from the fire). It is one of only two triptychs Bacon, on which the model is displayed in full view. The second such Triptych 1966 for the last time on display at the exhibition in 1992, but do not know where he is now .

In 1969 triptych figure of Freud emphasizes the sunny yellow background . The author considered this triptych of one of his best works , he was one of the most important exhibits of the artist on the landmark retrospective at the Grand Palais in 1971-1972 , respectively. Later, in the mid-1970s , the triptych were separated for nearly 15 years. One of them was exhibited at the show itself in the " Tate " in 1985. Bacon extremely negative attitude to this division , under the photo of disunion left part of the triptych , he wrote, " a fragment of a triptych ... and I believe that it is meaningless until it is reunited with two other fragments ." Parts were gathered together again in 1999, on display in the American New Haven ( Conn. ).

Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI

Sources : bbc.co.uk , bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru