Francis Bacon s Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer

Francis Bacons Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer from 1963 Christies May 17 PostWar and Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York. Read more at Painted in 1963, Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer marks the beginning of Francis Bacons relationship with his greatest source of inspiration. This triptych is the very first portrait Bacon made of his longtime muse, who came to feature in many of the artists most arresting and soughtafter works. The paintings will be offered for the first time at auction in Christies PostWar and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May in New York. Dyer came to appear in at least 40 of Bacons paintings, many of which were created after Dyers death in Paris in 1971. The convulsive beauty of this work represents the flowering of Bacons infatuation with his muse, and it is only one of five triptychs of Dyer that the artist painted i