Francis Bacon’s 1964 portrait of fellow British artist Lucian Freud sold for £43.4 million (US$52.8 million) at its debut auction Wednesday at Sotheby’s in London. The price, which included fees, was ...

A highlight of this summer’s art season in London will be the sale of an extraordinary portrait by one of Britain’s greatest artists of the 20th century—Francis Bacon—depicting another—Lucian Freud.

A Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud has sold for a record-breaking £43.4 million at auction. The work, Study For Portrait Of Lucian Freud, had not been seen in public for almost 60 years and was ...

Amid rampant inflation, cratering U.S. stock markets and a cryptocurrency crash, London’s marquee auctions this week are being viewed by many as a test of the market as some observers predict an ...

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with the final sale price and other details following the auction’s conclusion. A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ...

Tonight, Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" (1969) broke the world auction record and realized $142,405,000 at Christie's Tuesday night Post-War and Contemporary auction at Manhattan's ...

Leading this exceptional quartet is Francis Bacon’s 1972 self-portrait, painted in the shadow of devastating personal loss following the death of his lover George Dyer. That year was also one of Bacon ...

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Masterpieces from Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Frank Auerbach will be displayed at Sotheby’s as part of their summer exhibition celebrating Britain as an artistic ‘cultural melting pot’. The ...

Naked Portrait with Reflection artwork by Lucian Freud. “Lucian Freud: New Perspectives” can be seen at the Museo Thyssen, Madrid, through June 18. Lucian Freud talked a good picture. As with his ...