Triptych, 1976
| Triptych, 1976 |
|---|
| Francis Bacon , 1976 |
| Oil on canvas |
| each panel 198 × 147.5 cm |
| Privately owned
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Triptych, 1976 is a triptych painted by Francis Bacon in 1977 . The middle part shows a headless human figure circled by vultures. The sides show two disfigured human faces.
Interpretations
The picture on the middle panel alludes to the Prometheus myth. Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods to give it to humans, was punished by Zeus . He was chained to the Caucasus, and every day an eagle came and ate a piece of his liver.
It can also be interpreted as an interpretation of the Oresty of Aeschylus , who kills his mother because she killed his father, whereupon he is pursued by the Furies .
history
The painting was exhibited for the first time in 1977 at the Claude Bernard Gallery in Paris and was acquired by an anonymous buyer a short time later. In 1985 it was shown at the Tate Gallery in London, in 1993 at the Museo d'Arte Moderna and in 1996 at the Center Pompidou.
On December 9, 2010, Triptych, 1976 at Sotheby’s, was auctioned by Roman Arkadjewitsch Abramowitsch for $ 86.3 million . It is the second most expensive painting by Bacon ever sold. It overtook Bacon's Study For Innocent X , which sold for $ 52.7 million. On November 12, 2013, Bacon's triptych Three Studies of Lucian Freud (1969) was auctioned for $ 142.4 million.
Individual evidence
- ^ Francis Bacon's Triptych, 1976 at Sotheby's May Sale Estimated at $ 70 million
- ^ Bacon Triptych Auctioned for Record $ 86 million
- ↑ Auction record in New York. $ 142 million for Francis Bacon . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 13, 2013.