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  • BACON, FREUD AND PETER DOIG AT CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK

    Masterpieces by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Peter Doig will feature at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art evening auctions in New York on May  11 and 13.  Bacon’s Portrait of Henrietta Moraes is one of the most seductive portraits of a woman he ever made. It will be presented alongside Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Resting, a masterful reworking of the traditional theme of the nude.  This is one of Freud’s most famous and iconic paintings.

    An icon of contemporary painting, Peter Doig’s Swamped conjures an extraordinary sense of atmosphere around a single solitary canoe. Rendered using a vast array of painterly techniques and processes, Swamped encapsulates the inimitable approach has come to define Doig’s contribution to the history of painting.

    Francis Bacon - Portrait of Henrietta Moraes (c$35 million).

    Francis Bacon – Portrait of Henrietta Moraes (c$35 million).  Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2015  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $47,765,000

    Peter Doig - Swamped ($20-30 million).

    Peter Doig  (born 1959) – Swamped ($20-30 million). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2015.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $25,592,000 A WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

    Lucian Freud - Benefits Supervisor Resting ($30-50 million).

    Lucian Freud – Benefits Supervisor Resting ($30-50 million).  Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2015. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $56,165,000, A WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

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