Francis Bacon (1909-1992) - after Study for Bullfight No. 1 (Sabatier 10)
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Francis Bacon’s *Étude pour une Corrida, after Study for Bullfight No. 1 (Sabatier 10)* is a 1971 lithograph, signed in the plate, numbered 86/250 and measuring 50 × 65 cm.
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Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Étude pour une Corrida, after Study for Bullfight No. 1 (Sabatier 10)
Edition 86/250
Francis Bacon is one of the most important British artists of the 20th century. His painting revolves around distorted human figures, isolated bodies, and the tension between figuration and abstraction. He drew on Old Masters, photography, film, and literature, shaping them into a personal, often confrontational visual language.
About the work:
With his bullfighting scenes, Bacon returned to a theme that fascinated him throughout his life: the arena as a theater of violence, tension, and surrender. For him, the corrida was not a folkloric scene, but a raw spectacle in which human and animal physically merge. This is also evident in this image. The torero and the bull blend into a single turbulent, almost unreadable mass of flesh, shadow, and movement, at the center of an oval sandy arena.
The composition plays with strong contrasts. Against a flat, fiery orange background and a vivid pink band are the earthy, dark tones of the sand and bodies. On the right, mottled gray-blue areas suggest the audience in the stands, with the round number 4 as a strange, almost clinical detail. This creates the characteristic Bacon tension between a stylized, almost graphic space and the raw, painterly energy of the figures.
About this edition:
This stone-signed lithograph was printed on handmade Privilege Cotton paper in a limited edition of 250 copies. The work is numbered in pencil, bears the embossing of The Shakespeare Arts, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Details:
Artist: Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Title: Étude pour une Corrida, after Study for Bullfight No. 1 (Sabatier 10)
Year: 1971
Technique: stone-signed lithograph
Size: 50 × 65 cm
Edition: 250 copies
This copy: 86/250
Paper: handmade Privilege Cotton
Numbering: in pencil on the front
Embossing: The Shakespeare Arts
Includes: certificate of authenticity
An interesting limited edition for collectors of Bacon and enthusiasts of modern and postwar art.
Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Étude pour une Corrida, after Study for Bullfight No. 1 (Sabatier 10)
Edition 86/250
Francis Bacon is one of the most important British artists of the 20th century. His painting revolves around distorted human figures, isolated bodies, and the tension between figuration and abstraction. He drew on Old Masters, photography, film, and literature, shaping them into a personal, often confrontational visual language.
About the work:
With his bullfighting scenes, Bacon returned to a theme that fascinated him throughout his life: the arena as a theater of violence, tension, and surrender. For him, the corrida was not a folkloric scene, but a raw spectacle in which human and animal physically merge. This is also evident in this image. The torero and the bull blend into a single turbulent, almost unreadable mass of flesh, shadow, and movement, at the center of an oval sandy arena.
The composition plays with strong contrasts. Against a flat, fiery orange background and a vivid pink band are the earthy, dark tones of the sand and bodies. On the right, mottled gray-blue areas suggest the audience in the stands, with the round number 4 as a strange, almost clinical detail. This creates the characteristic Bacon tension between a stylized, almost graphic space and the raw, painterly energy of the figures.
About this edition:
This stone-signed lithograph was printed on handmade Privilege Cotton paper in a limited edition of 250 copies. The work is numbered in pencil, bears the embossing of The Shakespeare Arts, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Details:
Artist: Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Title: Étude pour une Corrida, after Study for Bullfight No. 1 (Sabatier 10)
Year: 1971
Technique: stone-signed lithograph
Size: 50 × 65 cm
Edition: 250 copies
This copy: 86/250
Paper: handmade Privilege Cotton
Numbering: in pencil on the front
Embossing: The Shakespeare Arts
Includes: certificate of authenticity
An interesting limited edition for collectors of Bacon and enthusiasts of modern and postwar art.
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Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
86
Artist
Francis Bacon (1909-1992)
Title of artwork
after Study for Bullfight No. 1 (Sabatier 10)
Technique
Lithograph
Signature
Plate signed
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Year
1971
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
65 cm
Width
50 cm
Depiction/theme
Day scene
Style
Abstract Expressionism
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No
Period
1970-1980
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