Three Studies of Lucian Freud

Francis Bacon1969Oil on canvas

ArtistFrancis Bacon

Year1969

MediumOil on canvas

LocationPortland Art Museum

About Three Studies of Lucian Freud

Sold for 142.4 million dollars in 2013. A triptych portrait of painter Lucian Freud. Painted at the Royal College of Art in London. Bacon and Freud were close friends and artistic rivals. The distorted faces are typical of Bacons style.

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