Francis Bacon, Study from Innocent X. Sotheby's Images Ltd

NEW YORK.- On May 15, 2007, Sotheby’s New York will offer a striking masterpiece by Francis Bacon, Study from Innocent X, in its evening sale of Contemporary Art. Executed in 1962, Study from Innocent X comes from a series of paintings based on Spanish artist Diego Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1650, the most important in Bacon’s oeuvre. Intentionally engaging with the grand tradition of the Old Masters to produce an iconic visage for our times, Bacon reinvented the public image of the Pope – arguably the most powerful man of earlier centuries – to capture the intimate pain and private psychoses of modern life. The painting, which has never before appeared at auction, is estimated to sell for in excess of $30 million. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19853

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