Major Painting by Francis Bacon to Feature in Sotheby’s May 2012 Contemporary Art Evening Sale
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York on 9 May 2012 will feature Figure Writing Reflected In Mirror, among the most powerful and sophisticated paintings by Francis Bacon. The work incorporates some of the artist’s most important themes and iconography, synchronizing the essence of Bacon’s life and art in an extraordinary painting. Figure Writing Reflected In Mirror was included in the legendary 1977 exhibition at Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, where it was shown alongside Triptych, 1976, which holds the record price for any work of Contemporary art at auction. The present owners purchased the painting at that exhibition and it has not appeared on the market since.
Figure Writing Reflected In Mirror is estimated to fetch $30/40 million and will be exhibited in London beginning 13 April before going on view in New York.
