The very last work in the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition of Francis Bacon’s portraits is like a gut punch. Triptych May-June 1973 is atypical of the artist’s work in that it ...

Francis Bacon, a painter known for his obsession with the male figure, painted the last moments of his lover's life as he died by suicide alone ...

62 x 46.4 cm. (24.4 x 18.3 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

110 x 62.5 cm. (43.3 x 24.6 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

On the auction block is a rare Francis Bacon triptych that could be the most expensive painting ever auctioned.

Love or loathe the pictures, that’s what the fuss was about. Francis Bacon: Study for a Self-Portrait – Triptych (1985-6). Oil and aerosol paint on canvas Francis Bacon: Study for a Self ...