Francis Bacon Study for Portrait on Folding Bed 1963 Museum Poster, 35.6 x 28 cm, Unused
Francis Bacon Study for Portrait on Folding Bed 1963 Museum Poster, 35.6 x 28 cm, Unused
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A Body in the Arena
Bacon presses a figure into a folding bed and rings it with a white rail like a stage. The poster brings one of his most intense 1960s images to a domestic scale.
Best for: Admirers of Francis Bacon and a study or library wall
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Described as unused, opened only to check; small marks or light rubbing may be present.
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A figure lies curled on a blue folding bed, caught inside a pale circular rail on a sand-coloured floor: Francis Bacon's Study for Portrait on Folding Bed of 1963, as a compact museum poster.
The Piece
Francis Bacon, born in Dublin in 1909 and working in London for most of his life, is one of the defining painters of the twentieth century. His figures twist and smear inside glassy rooms and line-drawn cages, and the early 1960s were among his most inventive years.
Here the body is folded and smeared into the bed as if pressed there by its own weight, while the thin white arc around it turns the room into an arena. Above, a dark band and a curved green wall close the space like the inside of a drum. The contrast between the quiet, almost domestic subject and the violence of the paint is pure Bacon.
The poster is a museum reproduction, unsigned, printed with a short credit line beneath the image. It is described as bought at a museum in the United Kingdom and kept unused since, a compact sheet of 35.6 x 28 cm that suits a study, a hallway or a group hang.
Details
- Artist: Francis Bacon
- Image: Study for Portrait on Folding Bed, 1963
- Medium: Offset print poster
- Edition: Open; not numbered
- Signature: Unsigned
- Sheet: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in)
- Frame: Unframed
- Condition: Unused
Condition
- Described as unused, opened only to check the contents.
- The description notes that small marks or light rubbing may be present.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Details are given as the description states them. Frame behind UV-filtering glazing with acid-free mounts, and hang away from sun and damp.
Delivery from Japan
The sheet travels flat, never rolled, between rigid boards in a box packed by hand in Japan, insured and tracked.
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