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Among Bacon’s top 10 paintings:
9
are of emblematic scale (over 190 cm)
6
are triptychs (5 large and 1 small)
5
are from the 1960s
6
depict known sitters
(3 of George Dyer, 1 of Lucian Freud, 1 of John Edwards, 1 of Bacon himself)
Three Studies of Lucian Freud 1969
181 678 515
Triptych 1976
120 226 049
Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards 1984
101 869 767
Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus 1981
98 480 017
Portrait of George Dyer Talking 1966
88 953 089
Study from Innocent X 1962
76 271 175
Triptych 19741977 19741977
72 724 184
Second Version of Study for Bullfight No 1 1969
65 497 995
Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer 1963
63 198 015
SelfPortrait 1978
62 019 859
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