Photo © Grisebach — view this lot on Grisebach ↗Three studies of the male back, 1987
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Untitled (Figure upside down on sofa)
Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992) · 1957-1961
$157,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £118,501≈ €130,015
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed “Figure upside down on sofa; seen from distance as in crouching figure” upper center; further inscribed “April 12 standing figure, seated figure, lyin
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th c. and Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session (NY010820)
- Date
- December 8, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 203
- Estimate
- $100,000 – $150,000 (≈ £75,239 – £112,858) (≈ €82,549 – €123,824)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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