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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Francis Bacon, Triptych Inspired by Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1981

Francis Bacon

Triptych Inspired by Oresteia of Aeschylus, 1981
Three Lithographs in colours on one sheet of Arches Infinity watermarked paper, with full margins.
Each Lithograph.40 x 30 cm 15¾ x 11¾ in. Sheet size: 53 x 103cms
Edition: 150 There were also 25 copies in Roman Numerals plus 10 artists proofs
Hand Signed in Pencil
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Rife with tragic allusion and fraught with chilling grandeur, Francis Bacon’s spellbinding Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus evinces the artist’s singular translation of psychological tension into painted form....
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Rife with tragic allusion and fraught with chilling grandeur, Francis Bacon’s spellbinding Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus evinces the artist’s singular translation of psychological tension into painted form. A magisterial treatise on the human experience, the present work wrestles with timeless philosophical preoccupations: mercy versus punishment, justice versus vengeance, and sacrifice versus self-preservation—concerns which consumed Bacon for the entirety of his life. Executed in 1981, at the zenith of his prodigious career, Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus provides a masterful return to the same classical text that inspired Three Studies for Figures at the Base of the Crucifixion, 1944, which announced Bacon’s debut on the world stage and is now in the Tate Collection, London.
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Francis Bacon: Estampes - collection Alexandre Tacou Number 12

Bruno Sabatier, Francis Bacon: The Graphic Work, no. 16

Miguel Orozo “The Complete prints of Francis Bacon” : Reference 81-83

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