Francis Bacon — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

Portrait of Man with Glasses III, 1963

Mar 2026

Christie's

£6,635,000 ($8.8M USD)

Mar 2025

Sotheby's

Portrait of George Dyer Crouching, 1966

Landscape near Malabata , Tangier, 1963

May 2024

Christie's

£19,630,000 ($26M USD)

Mar 2024

Sotheby's

Study of George Dyer , 1970

$8,546,310

Mar 2024

Christie's

Figure in Movement, 1976

$52,160,000

Nov 2023

Sotheby's

Study for a Portrait, 1979

Three Studies for Portrait of Lucian Freud, 1964

Oct 2023

Sotheby's

Head of Woman, 1960

$7,075,749

Jun 2023

Christie's

Self-Portrait, 1969

$34,622,500

May 2023

Sotheby's

Three Studies for Self-Portrait, 1979

Nov 2022

Christie's

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Three Studies for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, 1963

Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud, 1964

Oct 2022

Christie's

Painting 1990, 1990

£7,102,250 ($9.4M USD)

Oct 2022

Sotheby's

$52,817,090

Jun 2022

Christie's

Seated Man

£2,922,000 ($3.9M USD)

Jun 2022

Sotheby's

Study of Red Pope 1962, 2nd Version 1971, 1971

Christie's

Christie's

Study from the Human Body, 1991

£5,537,000 ($7.3M USD)

Oct 2020

Christie's

Study for Self-Portrait, 1979

$9,014,500

Nov 2019

Christie's

'Man at a Washbasin'

£5,109,450 ($6.7M USD)

Jun 2019

Christie's

Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing, 1969

$21,687,500

Nov 2018

Christie's

Figure in Movement, 1972

£19,921,250 ($26M USD)

Oct 2018

Christie's

Painted Screen

£2,408,750 ($3.2M USD)

Christie's

For Sale 1

Galería Daniel Cardani · Artsy

Study for a portrait of John Edwards, 1986

Price on request

Lithograph in colors, on Arches paper, with full margins

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$800 – $142M

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$18M

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$8.7M

18 priced paintings lots

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Sep 2025 · $2.9K

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Paintings: $8.7M medianWorks on paper: $3.2K medianPhotographs: — medianEditioned prints: $17.2K medianPosters/ephemera: $10.0K medianBooks/portfolios: $21.2K medianDecorative/non-core: $174K medianUnclassified lots: $31.0K median

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Publications48

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Catalogue Raisonné 1

Kunsthaus Zürich Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen

Hatje Cantz · 2007

Monograph 17

Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words

Thames & Hudson · 2024

Revisions: Francis Bacon in the Act of Painting

Thames & Hudson · 2024

In Camera: Francis Bacon: Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting

Thames & Hudson · 2022

Looking Back at Francis Bacon

Thames & Hudson · 2022

Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait

Thames & Hudson · 2021

Thames & Hudson · 2021

Out of the Cage: The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne

Thames & Hudson · 2021

MIT Press · 2017

The Brutality of Fact: Interviews with Francis Bacon

Thames & Hudson · 2016

Thames & Hudson · 2016

Francis Bacon (Phaidon Focus)

Phaidon Press · 2013

New Studies Author

Steidl · 2010

Francis Bacon in the 1950s

Yale University Press · 2009

Bacon and Sutherland

Yale University Press · 2005

7 Reece Mews: Francis Bacon's Studio

Thames & Hudson · 2001

Francis Bacon: Die Portraits

MoMA Publications · 1990

Hatje Cantz

Exhibition Catalog 19

Edvard Munch: Der Schrei Das Motiv in Kunst und Popkultur

Hatje Cantz · 2025

Rizzoli · 2022

Francis Bacon Couplings

Rizzoli · 2020

Francis Bacon: Books and Painting

Thames & Hudson · 2019

Thames & Hudson · 2019

Bacon / Giacometti

Hatje Cantz · 2018

Francis Bacon Author

Steidl · 2016

Vogue 100: Hundert Jahre BritChic

Hatje Cantz · 2016

Francis Bacon and the Existential Condition of Mankind Reflected in the Mirror of Art Author

Thames & Hudson · 2012

Hatje Cantz · 2012

Francis Bacon Author

Skira · 2009

Bacon Author

Skira · 2008

Francis Bacon: The Violence of the Real

Thames & Hudson · 2006

Francis Bacon and the Tradition of Art

Rizzoli · 2004

Blast to Freeze: British Art in the 20th Century

Hatje Cantz · 2002

Impact of Chaim Soutine Author

Hatje Cantz · 2002

Francis Bacon in Dublin

Thames & Hudson · 2000

New Humans: Memories of the Future

Abrams · 1999

Phaidon Press

Survey 11

Expressionism

Thames & Hudson · 2025

Artists' Lives

Thames & Hudson · 2024

How Painting Happens: and why it matters

Thames & Hudson · 2024

Encounters with Artists

Thames & Hudson · 2023

Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now

Thames & Hudson · 2022

The Artist's Studio: A Cultural History

Thames & Hudson · 2022

Francis Bacon: Shadows

Thames & Hudson · 2021

Inside Francis Bacon: Francis Bacon Studies

Thames & Hudson · 2020

Bacon and the Mind

Thames & Hudson · 2019

A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works

Thames & Hudson · 2019

Thames & Hudson · 2018

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Albertina

PICASSO – BACON What It Feels Like to Be Human

Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon

Albertinapl. 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

Sep 18, 2026

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Recent News20

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Past Exhibitions18

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#1 Gagosian

Francis Bacon, rue de Castiglione, Paris

9 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris, France

Apr 11, 2026 — May 30, 2026

Francis Bacon: Human Presence

#11,969 Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation

Francis Bacon

21 Bd d'Italie, 98000 Monaco

Oct 10, 2024 — Jan 8, 2025

Francis Bacon: Graphic Works

#11,969 Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation

Francis Bacon

21 Bd d'Italie, 98000 Monaco

May 14, 2024 — Aug 12, 2024

Francis Bacon Faces & Figures

#212 Skarstedt

19 East 64th Street

May 4, 2022 — Jun 25, 2022

Francis Bacon: The First Pope

#1 Gagosian

Francis Bacon

20 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QD, United Kingdom

Mar 15, 2022 — Apr 23, 2022

Beyeler Foundation

Bacon–Giacometti

Francis Bacon, Alberto Giacometti

Baselstrasse 101, 4125 Riehen, Switzerland

Apr 29, 2018 — Sep 2, 2018

Francis Bacon, Alberto Giacometti — APRIL 29, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Francis Bacon: Late Paintings

#1 Gagosian

Francis Bacon

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 7, 2015 — Dec 12, 2015

Francis Bacon and Henry Moore: Terror and Beauty

Art Gallery of Ontario

Francis Bacon, Henry Moore

317 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 1G4, Canada

Jan 1, 2014

Francis Bacon and Henry Moore: Terror and Beauty April 5 - July 7, 2014 Learn More

FRANCIS BACON (Dublin 1909 - 1992 Madrid) FRANCIS BACON – THE PRINTS

#6,171 Designer´s Gallery

Francis Bacon

Drususgasse 7-11, 50667 Köln, Germany

May 27, 2010 — Jul 3, 2010

Cézanne - Picasso - Giacometti

Leopold Museum

Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Francis Bacon, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Fernand Leger, Alberto Giacometti

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2010

Cézanne - Picasso - Giacometti Masterpieces from the Fondation Beyeler 17 September 2010 - 17 January 2011 extended until 2 February 2011