2013.11.12 培根作品以破纪录的1.42亿美元成交

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Francis Bacon Work Sells for a Record-Breaking $142 Million
A triptych of paintings by Francis Bacon just smashed the art world's record for the sale price of an artwork at auction

By Abby Ohlheiser
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
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A triptych of paintings by Francis Bacon just smashed the art world's record for the sale price of an artwork at auction. Bacon's study of fellow British painter Lucian Freud sold for $142,405,000 on Tuesday at Christie's. That's about $20 million more than the previous record sale of a pastel of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" in the spring of 2012 at a Sotheby's auction.

While "The Scream" is generally well-known, it's a bit harder to explain why Bacon's “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” is record-breaking. There's Bacon's obvious significance, as a painter, coupled with the work's subject: another well-known artist. And then there's the fact that this is the first time all three paintings that comprise the single work of art were offered for sale at an auction. Decades ago, as the New York Times explains, the individual panels of the 1969 portrait were sold separately. It took 20 years, and a lot of money, and effort by an anonymous collector in Rome to bring all three panels together. Christie's put together a video on the work, and on the relationship between the two painters, in order to promote the sale:



If you'd like to fake your way through a conversation on the significance of Bacon and Freud, however, Hyperallergic has you covered with a handy primer for both artists. Here, for instance, is their beautiful explanation of Bacon's usual subjects of choice:

Screaming popes, vaguely abstract sides of beef, twisted and blurred faces, and nightmare concoctions of teeth, necks, and talons, usually against an empty background or in a cage of sorts.

The triptych is a signature arrangement for Bacon's work. Before Freud sat down for Bacon, the two had been friends for about 25 years.

This article is from the archive of our partner The Wire.



弗朗西斯-培根作品以破纪录的1.42亿美元成交
弗朗西斯-培根的一幅三联画刚刚打破了艺术界的艺术品拍卖价格记录。

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弗朗西斯-培根的一幅三联画刚刚打破了艺术界的艺术品拍卖价格记录。培根对英国画家卢西恩-弗洛伊德的研究周二在佳士得拍卖会上以14240.5万美元成交。这比2012年春天苏富比拍卖会上爱德华-蒙克的粉彩画《呐喊》的上一个成交记录多出约2000万美元。

虽然 "呐喊 "是众所周知的，但要解释培根的 "卢西恩-弗洛伊德的三幅研究 "为什么会破纪录则有点困难。作为一个画家，培根的意义显而易见，再加上作品的主题：另一位知名艺术家。还有一个事实是，这是第一次在拍卖会上出售构成单一艺术作品的所有三幅画。几十年前，正如《纽约时报》所解释的那样，1969年的肖像画的各个板块被单独出售。罗马的一位匿名收藏家花了20年时间，花了很多钱，花了很多精力，才把所有三幅画放在一起。佳士得拍卖行为了宣传这次拍卖，制作了一段关于作品和两位画家之间关系的视频。



不过，如果你想通过对话来了解培根和弗洛伊德的意义，Hyperallergic为你提供了一份关于这两位艺术家的便捷入门资料。例如，这里是他们对培根通常选择的主题的美丽解释。

尖叫的教皇、模糊抽象的牛肉、扭曲和模糊的脸，以及牙齿、脖子和爪子的噩梦混合物，通常在一个空的背景下或在一个笼子里。

三联画是培根作品的一个标志性安排。在弗洛伊德为培根坐下来之前，两人已经有了大约25年的友谊。

这篇文章来自我们的合作伙伴The Wire的档案。