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R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007)
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R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007)

Francis Bacon

Details
R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007)
Francis Bacon
titled, inscribed and dated '1969 F.B. for John from Sholto' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas board
11 7/8 x 10in. (30.2 x 25.4cm.)
Executed in 1969
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Literature
R. Morphet, R.B. Kitaj: A Retrospective, London, 1994 (illustrated, p. 61).
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

'Bacon is special in my life...although I was never as close to the wicked witch as they were and he badmouthed us all. He got under my skin before I came to England. In NY in the early fifties I'd already decided that Bacon and Balthus were my favourite post-war painters and I still feel that today... We lived in the same district for his last twenty-five years and gossiped in the supermarket and streets' (Kitaj, quoted in R. Morphet, "Kitaj interviewed by Richard Morphet", in R.B. Kitaj: A Retrospective, London 1994, p. 44).

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