ID 1174993
Lot 28 | ROY DE MAISTRE (1894-1986)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
Francis Bacon's Studio
signed 'R. de Maistre' (lower right), signed again and dated 'R. de Maistre 1933' (on the canvas overlap), dated again '1932' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
35 ¾ x 28 ¼ in. (90.7 x 71.7 cm.)
Painted in 1932-33.
Provenance
Commissioned by Dmitri Mitrinovic, London, by whom gifted to New Atlantis Foundation, Sussex.
Gladys MacDermot, London, by 1960, and by descent.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Their sale; Sotheby's, Melbourne, 24 November 2008, lot 69, where purchased by the family of Gladys MacDermot.
Literature
J. Rothenstein and R. Alley, Francis Bacon, London, 1964, p. 10.
M. Eagle, Australian Modern Painting Between the Wars 1914-1939, Sydney, 1989, p. 50, illustrated.
J. Russell, Francis Bacon, London, 1993, pp. 16-17.
A. Sinclair, Francis Bacon: His Life and Violent Times, New York, 1993, p. 64.
H. Johnson, Roy de Maistre: The English Years 1930-1968, Sydney, 1995, pp. 24, 77, 234.
M. Peppiatt, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, London, 1996, p. 51.
Exhibited
London, Mayor Gallery, Roy de Maistre, October - November 1934, no. 2, as 'The Studio'.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Roy de Maistre: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings 1917-1960, May - June 1960, no. 41.
London, Tate Gallery, Francis Bacon, May - July 1962, no. 93.
| Artist: | Roy De Maistre (1894 - 1968) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Roy De Maistre (1894 - 1968) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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