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Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, c.1943-4 

Oil and pastel on board 

Left panel 940 x 737 (37 x 29), centre panel 940 x 738 (37 x 29), right panel 940 x 734 (37 x 28 7/8) 
Left panel inscribed on back in orange oil paint ‘LEFT’ top centre, (?in another hand) in chalk ‘BACON’ middle centre;

strip of masking tape inscribed in black waxy crayon ‘NO 1’ removed from back 
Central panel inscribed on back in orange oil paint ‘CENTER’ [sic] top centre, in chalk ‘No2’ centre upside down;

strip of masking tape inscribed in black waxy crayon ‘NO 2’ removed from back 
Right panel inscribed on back in orange oil paint ‘RIGHT’ top centre, in black crayon ‘F. BACOn | PETERSFIEL[D]’ up left side to top of board;

printed Lefevre Gallery label with typed inscription: ‘STUDY FOR CRUCIFIXION | by | FRANCIS BACON’ removed from back of right panel 

Presented by Eric Hall 1953 
Purchased from the artist by Eric Hall, 1945 

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Three Studies for a Crucifixion

March 1962

Oil with sand on canvas, three panels

78 x 57 inches (198.1 x 144.8 cm) each

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

2015 The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved./ARS, New York/DACS, London

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Crucifixion, 1965

Oil on canvas

78 x 58 inches (198 x 147.5 cm)

Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich

© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved, DACS 2015

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Second Version of Triptych 1944

1988

Oil paint and acrylic paint on 3 canvases

Support, each: 1980 x 1475 mm
frame (each): 2178 x 1668 x 100 mm

Tate

Presented by the artist 1991

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