Bacon painting sold by Christie's for 21 million pounds

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Bacon painting sold by Christie's for 21 million pounds


One of the most "seductive", according to critics, the portrait painted by British artist Francis Bacon, on Tuesday went to the auction house Christie's auction in London for 21 million pounds, reports the Daily Mail.

Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, one of the artist's favorite models, one million pounds higher than the estimated value, gathering 21,321,250 pounds. Bidding began with 13 million, but it took only five minutes to the price soared more than 20 paintings Portrait million went to an anonymous buyer who traded and made a purchase over the phone.

According to the auction, Christie's, a portrait, executed by Bacon in 1963, is the most valuable product of postwar art, sold this house. Earlier in this category, was leading another work of Bacon, "Triptych." Its in February 2008 sold for 26.3 million pounds.

Portrait of Henrietta Moraes painted in oil on canvas measuring 165 to 142 cm in it the artist used simple colors and texture of the poor: the dominant color is typical of Bacon's purple. Depicted in the painting the female figure is charged not only brutal, but not characteristic of the work of this artist's humanistic traits. Speaking about the film, head of postwar and contemporary art auction house Christie's Francie Outred said: "Carefully crafted mood, which is transmitted by means of color, becomes in this work by virtue of a surprisingly strong brush strokes, which create a seductive woman's path."

Since its inception, the portrait only twice changed ownership. Who was the third owner of the canvas, in secret kept by auction, but Christie's said the painting was sold out of "an outstanding collection of New York", which arrived in 1983.

Bacon was born in Dublin in 1909 in a family of English. He moved to London in 1926, where the 1930s began to exhibit his work. Bacon is not specially studied the profession of the artist, but a decade later, his work marked by genuine anger and energy, caused a stir among art lovers. The artist died of a heart attack in Madrid in 1992. His name was among the most famous artists of the 20th century.

Overall, the evening auction of postwar and contemporary art at Christie's in London on Tuesday evening gathered 80.6 million pounds sterling.

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