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Study Of The Human Body From A Drawing By Ingres - Signed Print by Francis Bacon 1982 - MyArtBroker

Study Of The Human Body From A Drawing By Ingres
Signed Print

Francis Bacon

£6,500-£10,000Value Indicator

$13,000-$20,000 Value Indicator

$11,500-$18,000 Value Indicator

¥60,000-¥90,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,250,000-¥1,920,000 Value Indicator

$8,000-$12,500 Value Indicator

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 180

Year: 1982

Size: H 86cm x W 61cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Francis Bacon's signed lithograph, Study Of The Human Body From A Drawing By Ingres from 1982, is estimated to be worth between £6,500 and £10,000. This artwork has an impressive auction history, having been sold 16 times since its initial sale on 20th November 1993. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £4,885 in October 2017 to £10,032 in October 2021, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. The edition size of this piece is limited to 180.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
October 2022Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris France
October 2022Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris France
October 2021Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris France
July 2019Sotheby's New York United States
May 2019Artcurial France
December 2016Phillips London United Kingdom
June 2015Karl & Faber Germany

Meaning & Analysis

The piece depicts a human torso with truncated legs cut off at the knee, sitting cross-legged on a platform. The body evokes visual features of sculpture from the classical Roman period in which fragmented bodies often expressed intense anxiety. The figure lacks detail and is rendered life-like only by shades of flesh tones. Like many of Bacon’s figures, the body rests upon a geometrical structure that expresses a feeling of isolation. A piece of paper rests on the leg of the body inscribed with illegible writing and a large red arrow pointing to the figure.

As is referenced in the title, Bacon often used the French Neo-Classical artist, Ingres, as an inspiration for his works. Classical themes such as Greek mythology, of which Ingres had made paintings of, also influenced Bacon in works such as Oedipus and The Sphinx (1984). He had a lifelong fascination with the artist and became particularly interested in his use of geometrical shapes and archaism in an attempt to produce ideal forms of the human figure.

Bacon encases the flesh-toned body in an interior of fiery orange hues. Each geometrical shape is given a slightly altered tone of red, orange or brown to illuminate the body in the centre. Such abrasive tones further express discomfort and alarming anxiety.

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