Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon triptych fetches 24.3 mn pounds at London sale
A triptych by British painter Francis Bacon of one of his muses sold for 24.3 million pounds (27.9 million euros) at an auction in London on Oct. 14.
Entitled "Three studies for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes," it is composed of three small canvases roughly 35 cm by 30 cm.
It served as studies for a portrait of Henrietta Moraes.
Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud sells $52 mln
A painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon of fellow U.K. painter Lucian Freud sold on June 29 for 43.3 million pounds ($52.5 million, 50.2 million euros), according to Sotheby's auction house.
The price is an auction record for a painting by Bacon sold in London and also for any single panel painting by the artist.
Five Bacon paintings reported stolen in Madrid
Five paintings by British artist Francis Bacon worth an estimated 30 million euros have been stolen from the Madrid home of their owner, El Pais reported March 13.
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Auctioneers eye $1 billion haul in London's summer art sales
With an Atlantic tailwind from May auctions in New York, in which the two biggest auction houses sold art pieces totaling more than $2 billion, many eyes are focused on major sales which began this week in London, sales which may see prices soar again to dizzying heights, Reuters has reported.
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Record-breaking auctions for works of Picasso, Giacometti
Picasso painting sells for $179M; Giacometti sculpture $141M
A painting by Pablo Picasso and a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti are the two priciest piecs of painting and sculpting ever sold at an auction.