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- Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion
- 1944
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 44-01
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- 94 cm × 74 cm (37 in × 29 in)
- Tate, London
- Based on the in 1988.
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- Three Studies for a Crucifixion
- 1962
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 62-04
- Oil and sand on canvas
- 198.1 x 144.8cm (78 x 57 in)
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City
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- Three Figures in a Room 1964
- 1964
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 64-10
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147cm (78 x 58 in)
Centre Georges Pompidou , Paris
- Has been described as Bacon's first "secular triptych".
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- Crucifixion (1965)
- 1965
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 65-01
- Oil on Canvas
- 197.2 cm × 147 cm (78 in × 58 in)
- , Munich
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- Three Studies for a Portrait of Lucian Freud
- 1966
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 66-05
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in)
- Private collection
- The first of three large triptychs depicting Lucian Freud. Freud also appears in Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969) and Three Portraits: Posthumous Portrait of George Dyer, Self-portrait, and Portrait of Lucian Freud (1973). Freud was also the subject of numerous smaller portraits by Bacon.
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- Triptych Inspired by T.S Elliot's Poem "Sweeney Agoniste"
- 1967
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 67-16
- Oil and pastel on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78.25 x 57.25 in)
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
- Inspired by the poem Sweeney Agonistes by T. S. Eliot, first triptych to feature figures on a bed.
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- Two Figures Lying on a Bed with Attendants
- 1968
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 68-08
- Oil and pastel on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in)
- Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
- Purchased in 1972 by
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- Three Studies of Lucian Freud
- 1969
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 69-07
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in)
- Private collection, USA
- The second of three large triptychs depicting Lucian Freud. Freud also appears in Three Studies for a Portrait of Lucian Freud (1966) and Three Portraits: Posthumous Portrait of George Dyer, Self-portrait, and Portrait of Lucian Freud (1973). Freud was also the subject of numerous smaller portraits by Bacon. Sold by Christie's in New York on 13 November 2013, at $142m (£89m), it became the most expensive artwork ever auctioned.[4]
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- Triptych – Studies from the Human Body (1970)
- 1970
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 70-04
- Oil and Dry Transfer Lettering on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- The Esther Grether Family Collection, Basel
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- Three Studies of the Male Back
- 1970
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 70-06
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Kunsthaus Zürich
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- Triptych – Studies of the Human Body (1970)
- 1970
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 70-09
- Oil on canvas
- 197 x 147.8cm (78 x 58.5 in)
- Private collection (Possibly owned by Jacques Hachuel, Paris)
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- Triptych 1970
- 1970
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 70-10
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Purchased 1973, central panel features figures inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's photograph of wrestlers. Left and right panels feature Bacon's lover, George Dyer.[5]
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In Memory of George Dyer
- 1971
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 71-09
- Oil and Dry Transfer Lettering on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Beyeler Foundation, Riehen, near Basel
- One of the three Black Triptychs (with Triptych–August 1972 and Triptych, May–June 1973) painted by Bacon following the death of his lover, George Dyer.
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- Three Studies of Figures on Beds
- 1972
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 72-01
- Oil and Pastel on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- The Esther Grether Family Collection, Basel
- The figures are inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's photographs of wrestlers
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- Triptych–August 1972
- 1972
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 72-07
- Oil and Sand on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5 cm
- Tate, London
- One of the three ), painted by Bacon following the death of his lover, George Dyer.
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- Three Portraits: Posthumous Portrait of George Dyer, Self-portrait, and Portrait of Lucian Freud
- 1973
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 73-01
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- The Esther Grether Family Collection, Basel
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- Triptych, May–June 1973
- 1973
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 73-03
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- The Esther Grether Family Collection, Basel
- One of the three "
In Memory of George Dyer). Painted in memory of Dyer who committed suicide on the eve of Bacon's retrospective at Paris's Grand Palais, on 24 October 1971, the triptych is a portrait of the moments before Dyer's death from an overdose of pills in their hotel room. [6]
- Triptych, May–June 1973 was purchased at auction in 1989 by Swiss businesswoman Esther Grether for $6.3 million ($15.5 million as of 2023), then a record for a Bacon painting.[7] [8] [9] Grether is believed to own three other Bacon triptychs from the 1970s.
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- Triptych March 1974
- 1974
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 74-02
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Fundación Juan March, Madrid
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- Triptych 1976
- 1976
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 76-05
- Oil, Pastel and Dry Transfer Lettering on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Private collection of Roman Abramovich
- Sold in May 2008 for $86.3 million ($122 million as of 2023), to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, holds the record for the highest price paid for a post-war work of art at auction.[7][8]
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- Triptych 1974–1977
- 1974 (Altered in 1977)
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 77-05
- Oil and Dry Transfer Lettering on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Private collection of
Joe Lewis
- Features Bacon's lover George Dyer "writhing and struggling on a near-deserted beach watched by two disconcerting figures".
Joe Lewis for £26.3 million (£37.3 million as of 2021), then a record for postwar artwork bought in Europe. [7][8]
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- Triptych – Studies of the Human Body (1979)
- 1979
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 79-01
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Private collection
- Central panel marks final appearance of figures inspired by wrestlers from the photographs of Muybridge. Sold by Stanley J. Seeger for $8.6m in 2001 ($14.8 million as of 2023), then a record price for a Bacon painting.[11][8]
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- Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus
- 1981
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 81-03
- Oil on canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
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- Triptych 1983
- 1983
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 83-07
- Oil, Pastel and Aerosol Paint on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Private collection of Juan Abelló, Madrid.[12]
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- Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards
- 1984
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 84-05
- Oil and Aerosol Paint on Canvas
- 198.3 x 148cm (78 x 58 in)
- Private collection
- Features Bacon's companion and sole heir, John Edwards. Sold by Pierre Chen at Christie's in 2014 for $80.8 million.[13][14]
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- Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86
- 1985-1986
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 86-02
- Oil and Aerosol Paint on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Private Collection
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- Triptych 1986-87
- 1986-1987
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 87-01
- Oil, Pastel, Aerosol Paint and Dry Transfer Lettering on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Private collection, Switzerland
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- Triptych 1987
- 1987
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 87-05
- Oil, Pastel and Aerosol Paint on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Private collection, The Estate of Francis Bacon
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- Second Version of Triptych 1944
- 1988
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 88-05
- Oil and Aerosol Paint on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 58 in)
- Tate, London
- The second version of Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944). Painted by Bacon after the 1944 triptych was deemed too fragile to travel to New York for an exhibition.
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Triptych 1991
- 1991
- Catalogue Raisonné Number 91-02
- Oil and Aerosol Paint on Canvas
- 198 x 147.5cm (78 x 57 in)
- Museum of Modern Art, New York City
- Bacon's last triptych, features formula one driver Ayrton Senna, José Capelo,[15] as well as a self-portrait of Bacon.
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