Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Contemporary Paintings in London,
October - December 1962, Cat. No.4, illustrated;
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Francis Bacon, January–February 1963, no. 71. illustrated;
London, Marlborough New London Gallery, Francis Bacon, July – August 1963, no. 11, illustrated in colour (incorrectly as no. 10);
New York, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Francis Bacon, 1963, no. 61;
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Francis Bacon, 1963-64;
London, Tate Gallery, A Decade of Art, 1954-64, The Gulbenkian Foundation, April–June 1964;
Paris, Galerie Nationales du Grand Palais, Francis Bacon, October 1971 – January 1972 touring to: Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, March – May 1972, no. 44, illustrated p. 119
London, Alex Reid & Lefevre Gallery, Important Twentieth Century Paintings and Sculpture, November 1972
Details
Oil on canvas
78 x 57 inches; (198 x 145cm)
Inscribed and dated on back of canvas: ‘STUDY FOR – PORTRAIT OF P.L.1962’
Painted 1962 in memory of Peter Lacey
Collections
Marlborough Fine Art, London
Mr and Mrs Oscar Weiss and Dr. Nigel Weiss
Galerie Beyeler; Basel
Private collection, Switzerland
Private Collection, United Kingdom, since 1973
Exhibitions
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Contemporary Paintings in London,
October - December 1962, Cat. No.4, illustrated;
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Francis Bacon, January–February 1963, no. 71. illustrated;
London, Marlborough New London Gallery, Francis Bacon, July – August 1963, no. 11, illustrated in colour (incorrectly as no. 10);
New York, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Francis Bacon, 1963, no. 61;
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Francis Bacon, 1963-64;
London, Tate Gallery, A Decade of Art, 1954-64, The Gulbenkian Foundation, April–June 1964;
Paris, Galerie Nationales du Grand Palais, Francis Bacon, October 1971 – January 1972 touring to: Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, March – May 1972, no. 44, illustrated p. 119
London, Alex Reid & Lefevre Gallery, Important Twentieth Century Paintings and Sculpture, November 1972
Literature
Cimaise, Series X, No. 1, January-February 1963, p.23;
The Sunday Times Colour Magazine, 14th July, 1963, p.17, illustrated in colour;
Arts Review, XV, 27th July, 1963, p.19, illustrated in colour;
Private View by John Russell, Brian Robertson and Lord Snowdon, publ. Thames & Hudson, illustrated in colour p.67;
Francis Bacon, by John Russell, publ. Thames & Hudson, illustrated, plate 51;
Francis Bacon, by Ronald Alley, publ. Thames & Hudson, no. 206
