[BACON FRANCIS]: (1909-1992)

[BACON FRANCIS]: (1909-1992) Irish-born British painter. A good, large colour 13 x 19 (32.5 x 48 cm) photograph of Bacon by photographer Jacques Saraben, the image depicting the artist in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Signed ( ‘Jacques Saraben’) by the photographer to the lower white border and further titled in his hand ‘Francis Bacon, Reece Mews, 25 Mars 1972’ (printed later). Also with his oval credit stamp to the verso. VG Jacques Saraben (1939- ) French photographer and painter. 7 Reece Mews in South Kensington, London, served as Bacon’s studio from October 1961 until his death in April 1992. Few people were allowed into the centre of his artistic activities, and even fewer witnessed him painting. In 1998 the entire contents of the studio were donated to the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin where they were meticulously reconstructed.