Francis Bacon working documents,
1. Photo booth black and white strip of four passport type photographs of a man wearing a checked shirt and tie;
2. A single photograph of a man, slightly larger than passport size, no markings.
The strip 8" x 1½", the single photograph 2½" x 1.75".
Bacon took a large number of passport photographic strips of himself and other people. He was clearly interested in the multiple views provided and he created this effect in paintings such as four studies for a self portrait 1967. The idea of differing images in sequence follows on from his study of Eadweard Muybridge's photographic work. Many such photographic strips were found in his Studio after his death.
Provenance: The Robertson Collection Auctioneers note; since the production of the catalogue British artist Denis Wirth-Miller (born 1915) has confirmed that the strip of four photographs are portraits of him
1. Photo booth black and white strip of four passport type photographs of a man wearing a checked shirt and tie;
2. A single photograph of a man, slightly larger than passport size, no markings.
The strip 8" x 1½", the single photograph 2½" x 1.75".
Bacon took a large number of passport photographic strips of himself and other people. He was clearly interested in the multiple views provided and he created this effect in paintings such as four studies for a self portrait 1967. The idea of differing images in sequence follows on from his study of Eadweard Muybridge's photographic work. Many such photographic strips were found in his Studio after his death.
Provenance: The Robertson Collection Auctioneers note; since the production of the catalogue British artist Denis Wirth-Miller (born 1915) has confirmed that the strip of four photographs are portraits of him
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Items from the Studio of Francis Bacon
11:00 AM PT - Apr 24th, 2007
offered by
Ewbank Auctioneers
Burnt Common Auction Rooms
Woking, Surrey, GU23 7LN
Woking, Surrey, GU23 7LN
