Lot 51
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Clare Shenstone (b. 1948)

Study of Francis Bacon

Details
Clare Shenstone (b. 1948)
Study of Francis Bacon
signed 'Shenstone' (lower right)
pencil
8 x 5½ in. (20.3 x 14 cm.)
Executed in 1980.
Provenance
with Michael Parkin Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

During Shenstone's graduation show at the Royal College of Art in 1979, she was informed that a distinguished visitor had been admiring her work and wanted her to contact him. This was Bacon, who initially purchased one of her works and soon asked Shenstone to paint his portrait. The pair embarked on an artistic adventure that lasted for years and resulted in almost a hundred portraits of Bacon.

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