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Francis Bacon; 1970 brown leather Playboy diary (

Francis Bacon; 1970 brown leather Playboy diary (page a month) with entries in his hand. Entries only covering the first three months of the year in various coloured inks, including January 1st: "Portrait of ??? delivered.": January 3rd: "Head of GD [George Dyer] for Sonia":. 11th January: "Head for Sonia"; 16th January: "Start tryptich studies of the human body 1970". Sunday 25th January: "Finished first panel.": 5th February: "Finished second panel":. 22nd February: "Finish ? tryptich: 1970":. In red ink through the whole of March: "Finish tryptyches and two landscape by Easter.": The word triptych is mis-spelt throughout.
Provenance: The Robertson Collection