Friday, December 6, 2013

FRANCIS BACON'S 1969 TRIPTYCH THREE STUDIES OF LUCIAN FREUD

















Francis Bacon 's portrait of his friend Lucian Freud is the most expensive artwork ever sold at an auction.
The 1969 Triptych was sold for $142.4 million on tuesday, November 12th, at Christie's New York, breaking the record set by Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' which was sold for $120 million at Sotheby's last year.






Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' 1893




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