Francis Bacon

British · 1909–1992 · Painter, Printmaker

Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of… (Wikipedia)

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280lots offered2003–2026years recorded91%sold (245)$14.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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'Pope with Owls'Phillips · Nov 2021$33,000,000≈ £24,522,553≈ €29,162,248Sign up to see
Seated WomanPhillips · May 2015$28,165,000≈ £17,834,980≈ €24,665,032Sign up to see
Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George DyerPhillips · Nov 2025$16,015,000≈ £12,204,694≈ €13,826,297Sign up to see

Francis Bacon’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price

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median $14.5kfree account

High

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Lots sold

245

of 270 offered · 2003–2026

Sell-through

91%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

41 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

10 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	6	6	100%	$14MSign up	$10MSign up	$33MSign up
Oil	6	6	100%	$14MSign up	$10MSign up	$33MSign up
Works on paper	1	1	100%	$36kSign up	$36kSign up	$36kSign up
Drawing	1	1	100%	$36kSign up	$36kSign up	$36kSign up
Prints & multiples	249	232	93%	$18.5kSign up	$14.3kSign up	$85.5kSign up
Etching	47	43	91%	$15kSign up	$13.7kSign up	$34.4kSign up
Aquatint	10	9	90%	$16.1kSign up	$14.6kSign up	$27.3kSign up
Lithograph	178	168	94%	$20.4kSign up	$15kSign up	$85.5kSign up
Screenprint	1	1	100%	$2.1kSign up	$2.1kSign up	$2.1kSign up
Print (other)	13	11	85%	$7.5kSign up	$4.7kSign up	$39.4kSign up
Other	14	6	43%	$14.4kSign up	$9kSign up	$44.8kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	36	35	$9kSign up
2025	21	16	$8.1kSign up
2024	19	17	$10kSign up
2023	14	12	$17.9kSign up
2022	37	36	$18.3kSign up
2021	18	16	$16.7kSign up
2020	11	10	$19.3kSign up
2019	7	7	$12.3kSign up
2018	10	10	$17.1kSign up
2017	10	10	$16.4kSign up
2016	14	12	$14.6kSign up
2015	19	17	$27.1kSign up
2014	9	9	$15.8kSign up
2013	11	11	$20.5kSign up
2012	7	3	$16.7kSign up
2011	3	3	$7.8kSign up
2010	7	5	$17.2kSign up
2009	7	7	$15.8kSign up
2008	5	4	$20.6kSign up
2007	3	3	$27.8kSign up
2006	1	1	$15.9kSign up
2003	1	1	$807Sign up