Francis Bacon, “Three Studies For A Self-Portrait,” 1980, oil on canvas. Estimate: $16,046,000-$24,069,000 Price Realized: $22,081,301
The contemporary art market chugged ahead Tuesday at a $116.4 million Sotheby’s sale in London, led by a $21.5 million Francis Bacon triple portrait purchased by a longtime German collector.
The buyer of Bacon’s 1980 “Three Studies for a Self-Portrait” was Juergen Hall, a tobacco tycoon who lives near Cologne. Mr. Hall beat out a pair of telephone bidders for the three up-close views of Bacon’s face, which Sotheby’s had estimated would sell for between $16 million and $24 million.
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