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BACON. FRANCIS, (Sir) The Essays or Councils, Civil & Moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, with a table of the colours of good and evil and a discourse of the wisdom of the ancients, published London 1696.

Artist Francis Bacon signed note to Sally on University FDC. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Initialled (lower right), oil on canvas (Dimensions: 54.5cm x 45cm (21.5in x 17.75in))(54.5cm x 45cm (21.5in x 17.75in))Footnote: Provenance: The Mayor Gallery, London. Note: Still Life with Tulips will be included in any future updated editions of John Gledhill's Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings of Matthew Smith , first published by Lund Humphries in November 2009. Francis Bacon wrote of Smith, ‘he seems to me to be one of the very few English painters since Constable and Turner to be concerned with painting – that is, with attempting to make idea and technique inseparable. Painting in this sense tends towards a complete interlocking of image and paint, so that the image is the paint, and vice versa. Here the brush stroke creates the form and does not merely fill it in. Consequently every movement of the brush on the canvas alters the shape and implications of the image’.Condition report: Backboard to frame, so reverse of canvas not visible. There are a few very minor isolated spots of craquelure to the flowers, vase and background. Otherwise the work is in generally good overall condition.

THE WORKS OF FRANCIS BACON printed for R Gosling at the Mitre and Crown in Fleet Street, London 1730 (vols 2, 3 and 4 only) with "The Works of the Learned Isaac Barrow", printed by M Flesher at The Three Pigeons, Cornhill 1686 (vols 2, 3 and 5 only)

After Francis Bacon, a reproduction print of 'Head VI, 1949', framed

A framed exhibition panel for 'On a painting of Henrietta Moretta' by Francis bacon signed by Garech A Brun and David Edwards, dedicated to the vendor December 2008, frame 74 x 54cm.

An early 20th Century carved oak and leather arts and crafts chair, Prov. Francis Bacon estate with photograph of the artist sitting in the chair.

A framed panel of four photographs of Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992) previously used in an exhibition of his works, frame 62 x 73cm.

Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992). A large framed pencil sketch signed in pencil, frame 91 x 121cm. Prov. Given to the vendor from the estate after the artist's death.

STEFAN KNAPP [1921-96]. Abstract 11, 1956. enamel and gold leaf on copper plate painting. 37 x 37 cm - overall including frame 45 x 45 cm. Provenance: private collection, UK - acquired directly from the artist. Knapp was a big international artist in the 1950s/60s - represented by Hanover Gallery and remained one of their main artists throughout their existence, alongside Francis Bacon, etc. This is one of his earliest enamels. [very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + vat is payable.

STEFAN KNAPP [1921-96]. Abstract 11, 1963. oil on paper, laid on card. 24 x 10 cm [overall including frame 31 x 17 cm]. Same provenance as lot 92. Knapp was a big international name in the 50s/60s and was one of Hanover Gallery's main artists, alongside Francis Bacon, etc. [very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

STEFAN KNAPP [1921-96]. Abstract 1V, 1963. oil on paper, laid on card. 24 x 10 cm [overall including frame31 x 17 cm]. Provenance: Mrs Eugene Rosenberg collection [414d] - acquired directly from the artist. Knapp was a big international name in the 1950s/60s and was one of Hanover Gallery's main artists, alongside Francis Bacon, etc. [very good condition - unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payable.

STEFAN KNAPP [1921-96]. Abstract V, 1963. oil on paper, laid on card. 24 x 10 cm [overall including frame 31 x17 cm]. Provenance: Mrs Eugene Roseberg collection [414e] - acquired directly from the artist. Knapp was a major international artist in the 1950s/60s and one of Hanover Gallery's main artists, showing alongside Francis Bacon, etc. [very good condition – unexamined out of frame]. Buyers premium of 20% + VAT is payabler.

Bacon (Francis). Sylva Sylvarum : or a Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries..., Published after the Authors death, by William Rawley Doctor of Divinity, his Maiesties Chaplaine , 2 parts in one, 3rd edition, London: Printed by J.H. for William Lee, 1631, title with ownership signature 'Will. Pratt A.M. 1670' to upper margin, early annotation at end of A3, without portrait frontispiece, small ink stain to fore-edge margin of 5 leaves (Y3-Z1), small worm hole to final leaf, front free endpaper with early ownership inscription 'The Booke of Mrs Margaret Pratt', upper pastedown with bookplates of Sir George Strickland Bart. and Henry Eustatius Strickland, contemporary speckled calf, spine torn at head, slight wear, small folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe title to the second part: New Atlantis a Worke unfinished.

BACON FRANCIS: (1909-1992) Irish-born British Painter. Known for his grotesque imagery with works often in triptych or diptych formats. An excellent signed and inscribed exhibition catalogue "Oeuvres Récentes" ("Recent works"), Galerie Claude Bernard, January to March 1977, Paris. A good paperback catalogue edition, with preface by Michel Leiris, signed in bold purple ink by Bacon to the front free endpaper (`To Pascal Lucas, with all my best wishes - Francis Bacon´) in French, also adding the date (`Paris 25th January 1977´) in his hand. The 50 pages attractive exhibition catalogue contains over 25 colour images of Bacon´s paintings, including several drop down sheets depicting some of his triptychs. The front, back and inside covers of the catalogue are showing Bacon´s Triptych, 1976 (1976). Attractively framed in a black and silver metal frame and glazed to the front and back allowing the view to front and back catalogue covers, to an overall size of 19 x 13.5 (48 x 34 cm). The catalogue can easily be taken off the frame. EX £2500-3500 On 19th January 1977, a select group of twenty Bacon paintings were exhibited at the Claude Bernard gallery. This now legendary Parisian show attracted such a crowd that it resulted in the police cordoning off the rue des Beaux-Arts to limit the immense crowds coursing towards the gallery.Triptych, 1976 is a large triptych painted by Francis Bacon in 1976. It comprises three oil and pastel paintings on canvas. It is the second most expensive Bacon work ever sold, after Three Studies of Lucian Freud, being auctioned for US $86 million in 2008. Property of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich.

Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) British 20th Century, Sea Wall ii, signed bottom left and dated '39, inscribed with title and dated 26 V 39, watercolour, pencil and crayon on paper. Measurements 39 x 29cm (SH). Note: This piece is likely to have been a preparatory study for Sutherland's final painting 'Gorse on a Sea Wall' 1939 which is now located in the Ulster Museum. Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) British 20th Century, was one of the most influential British artists of the 20th Century. Born in Steatham, London, Sutherland studied at the Goldsmiths School of art, specialising in engraving and etching and then spent many years teaching at the Chelsea School of Art. Printmaking, predominantly raomantic landscapes, dominated his work during the 1920s, drawing inspiration from artists such as Samuel Palmer. He later switched to oil painting during his 30s following the collapse of the printmaking industry during the Great Depression and it was his surrealist abstract landscape compositions that secured his reputation as an international modern artist. Together with his close friend Francis Bacon, Sutherland was one of the main figureheads for surrealist painting in Britain. His landscapes covey haunted atmospheres that attempted to express the concept of brutality present within nature.

Claudio Tozzi (Brazilian b.1944) A pencil signed limited edition 26/100 lithograph from the Papagalia series, framed size 82 x 63cm. (Prov. Given to the present vendor by John Edwards, partner and beneficiary of artist Francis Bacon.)

Manner of Francis Bacon, a painted female nude on wood panel, inscribed verso

William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011)Untitled (1962)mixed media on papersigned lower right and dated 196258½ x 46cm (23 x 18.1in)Provenance: Private Collection In 1962, the year of this painting, William Crozier abandoned the abstract landscapes that had brought him critical success and financial security in the London art world to concentrate on painting the human figure. With titles like 'Resting man' or 'Dreaming man' these striking works depict the sightless features of a reclining figure who props himself up, resting on his arm as if weary with the world and life while a dark shadow looms behind. Its human physiognomy is not specific to any individual for this is Everyman, the artist's depiction of the human condition. Like his near contemporary, Francis Bacon, William Crozier was profoundly affected by French existentialist philosophy with its concept of man's alienation from the world he lives in. This view of the psychological and spiritual malaise of man in modern society is the subject of this work.

John Minihan (b.1946)Francis Bacon with William Burroughs, London (1989)silver gelatin print - artist's proof number 6 from an edition of 6signed, titled, dated 1980 and numbered A/P 6/666.10 x 101.70cm (26 x 40in)Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Camille Souter HRHA (b.1929)Winter Vine, Dublin (1958)oil on canvassigned lower right, titled and dated '58 verso45¾ x 61cm (18 x 24in)Provenance: David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin (label verso);Collection of Gordon Lambert;Private CollectionExhibited: Irish Exhibition of Living Art Literature: 'Camille Souter: The Mirror in the Sea' by Garrett Cormican; Cat No.71, page 235 illustrated. Souter elected Saoi in Aosdána, has painted at a measured pace all of her life, from the 1950s when Michael Scott and Basil Goulding purchased her work. Today she is represented in all of the major collections and is much sought after by private collectors. Early influences are Paul Klee, Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud. Souter has ploughed her own field, to become a major Irish female artist of the 20th and 21st Century. This painting from the Gordon Lambert collection, inspired from her period in Italy was exhibited in the Irish Living Art Exhibition.

BACON FRANCIS: (1909-1992) Irish painter. An excellent, rare signed 8 x 10 photograph of the artist standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed ('Francis Bacon') in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, otherwise EX

BACON FRANCIS: (1909-1992) Irish Painter. A good signed colour 6 x 4 postcard, being a reproduction of Bacon's famous work Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, the triptych executed in oil circa 1944 and held by the Tate Britain. Signed by Bacon in bold blue ink to the lower white border. VG

Javier Vallhonrat (Spanish b.1953) Homenajes No.3 - Self Portrait (Francis Bacon), 1983 Gelatin silver print Signed in ink, dated 1983, inscribed Homenages #3 and numbered 20/25 in margin Sheet: 36 x 30cm (14 x 11¾ in.) Image: 19 x 14cm (7¼ x 5½ in.) Provenance: Hamiltons, London

Bacon, Francis Sir - The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth ..., 2 parts in 1 vol, lacks frontis portrait, small folio, 19th century half calf, London 1676

Francis Bacon. A framed lithograph 7/10 framed size 61 x 81cm, Prov. given by the estate beneficiary to the vendor.

BACON FRANCIS.  Resuscitatio or Bringing into Publick Light Severall Pieces of the Works ... Hitherto Sleeping. Eng. port. frontis. 1657; bound with Several Letters Written by this Honourable Authour to Queen Elizabeth ... & others, 1657; Sylva Sylvarum or A Naturall History in Ten Centuries, eng. title (damp stained), 1658; New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished & History Natural & Experimental of Life & Death or of the Prolongation of Life, 1658. Tall quarto. Later half leather, marbled brds., tending to split. Bookplate of Eric S. Quayle.

BACON FRANCIS.  The Works. 4 vol. set. Eng. port. frontis & subscriber's list. Folio. Old calf, one page noted as torn. R. Gosling, 1730.

BREMER PRESS: BACON, FRANCIS THE ESSAYS OF FRANCIS BACON Bad Tölz: Bremer Presse, 1920. 8vo, number 4 of 270 copies, red morocco gilt by Frieda Thierson, slipcase

Bacon, Sir Francis Sylva Sylvarum, or a Naturall Historie. London: J.H. for William Lee, 1628. Second edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, small folio, [xix], 258, [viii], [iv], 44; engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title (dated 1629), inscribed "William Anstruther 1631 5 March", on title (deleted) and page 1, contemporary calf, rubbed, frontispiece and preliminary leaves frayed, [ESTC S106925]

[Exhibiton catalogues] Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon 1962, Alexander Hollweg, Ivon Hitchens, Ceri Richards 1963, Alberto Giacometti, Modigliani, Stanley Spencer, Bernard Cohen, The New Generation 1966 (15)  

NO RESERVE Bacon (Francis).- Rothenstein (John) & Ronald Alley. Francis Bacon...Catalogue Raisonné..., illustrations, some colour and tipped in, Pierre Bergé's copy with his ink stamp to front pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slightly rubbed at edges, 1964; and 5 others, mostly Bacon, 4to (6)

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) a gilt framed lithograph of 'Crouching Nude on Rail' c.1952, pencil signed by the artist, with inked initials for John Edwards principal beneficiary of the Bacon Estate (Prov. given by the beneficiary to the vendor), framed size 67 x 88cm.

δ Francis Bacon (1909-1992)L'Oriestie de Eschyle (Sabatier 16)Lithograph printed in colours, 1981, signed and numbered from the edition of 150 in pencil, on wove paper, published by Éditions de la Différence, printed by Arts Litho, paris, with the Arts Litho blindstamp, with full margins, sheet 1035 x 535mm (40 ¾ x 21 ¼ in) (unframed)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

[BACON, Francis] The History of The Reign of King Henry The Seventh. Written by The Right Honourable Francis Lo Verulum. Viscount S. Alban. London, 1628. Engrd. Tp. & initials. 248pp. 5l index. Repairs to edges. Sm fo. Full cf. rebacked

ART REFERENCE BOOKS - FRANCIS BACON/DESIGN. Approx 45 mostly hardcover art reference books on 20th C design / Francis Bacon. Includes edition of Jean Pierre Raynaud with hand signed business card to inner. Condition generally very good.

Francis Bacon signed British Universities FDC. 22, 9, 1971 Leicester FDI postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO NAMED ARTISTS including Francis Bacon, Peter Blake, Vivienne Westwood, Peter Bailey ETC (please see images for titles)

Bacon, Sir Francis The Two Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of Learning, diuine and humane. [Printed for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sold at his shop at Graies Inne Gate in Holborne], 1605 [foot of title page lacking]. 8vo, full red leather, spine with morocco lettering-piece; ll. [1], 45, 118 [i.e. 121, numerous but expected, errors in pagination], ff. A4-L4, 2A4-3G4, 3H1 [lacking final blank and errata leaves as is common]. First edition, with 'maniable' on C4r, l.5. Bacon's hugely influential work inspired the taxonomic structure of Diderot's Encyclopedie and is recognised as a founding essay in empirical philosophy. Bacon himself, was a pioneer of experimental science (his death being attributed by Aubrey to the attempt to freeze meat), courtier to the glittering Elizabethan age, and prolific writer. The work can be seen as a precursor to De Augmentis Scientia and through it, and his other writing, Bacon has exerted a dynamic influence on the entire development of Western scientific thought to the present day. In his own words, his book was to ''be some preparative or key for the better opening of the Instauration''. ESTC S100507; STC (2nd ed.), 1164; Pforzheimer, 36. Binding a touch worn, internally variable foxing etc, pages suggest a touch of damp, generally clean, variable wearing to margins, close cropped at head, occasionally touching text, K2 with very slight marginal tear not affecting text, 2A1-3 and 2B1-4 marginal fraying with very slight loss, 2D4 slight tear with loss to margin, 2L3 marginal restoration affecting marginalia, 2L4 restoration to margin not affecting text, 2R1 loss to lower corner, 3D4 loss to lower corner, 3E1 inner margin restored not affecting text, 3E2 to end with varying restoration generally not affecting text, worming from 3F2 worsening to end affecting text, 3G4 tearing near foot of page affecting text, no final blank or errata. Generally a very good copy (bar worsening to final leaves) of an important work.

[Godwin, Francis] . A Catalogue of the Bishops of England, since the first planting of Christian religion in this Island, together with the brief history of their lives and memorable actions, so neere as can be gathered out of antiquity, 1st edition, George Bishop, 1601, black letter, early annotations and underscoring throughout, lacks final two leaves (Chester, 3pp + 1 page blank), old damp staining to early leaves, closely trimmed at head occasional shaving running head, old pagination, title page dust soiled and first few leaves frayed at corners and foremargin, old partial manuscript index to front endpapers and armorial bookplate pastedown, contemporary quarter calf, worn, 4to, together with [Cary, Henry, Viscount Falkland] , The History of the Life, Reign and Death of Edward II, King of England and Lord of Ireland, with the rise and fall of his great favourites, Gaveston and the Spencers, printed by J. C. for Charles Harper, at the Flower-de-luce, in Fleet-street; Samuel Crouch, at the Princes Arms in Popes Head-Alley in Cornhil; and Thomas Fox, at The Angel in Westminster-hall, 1680, title printed in red and black, some browning, lacks portrait frontispiece, bookplate of William Perceval, contemporary calf, somewhere, upper cover detached, folio, plus Bacon (Francis & Godwin, Frances) , The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, two parts in one, printed by W. G for R. Scot et al, 1676, engraved portrait frontispiece of Francis Bacon, some spotting and browning, ownership signature of William Perceval to title (brown) verso and initials and shelf mark to recto, contemporary blind-panelled calf with gilt thistle motif and shelf number at foot of spine, somewhere, covers detached, folio, plus three other antiquarian history folios including two odd volumes (Qty: 6)NOTES1 (STC11937); 2) Wing F313; 3) Gibson 121; Wing B300.

Bacon (Francis). Works, 5 volumes, 1765, engraved frontispieces, titles printed in red and black with vignettes, folding tables, a little light spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracking, some edge wear, 4to (Qty: 5)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Bacon, Sir Francis. Sylva Sylvarum, or A Natural History in Ten Centuries, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title, B4 with large paper flaw, affecting text, occasional spotting and rust-marks, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, spine rubbed, bookplate of Coker Court, folio, London: W. Lee, 1629 [STC 1170]

A box of Folio Society editions to include T. Lawrence, Voltaire, John Aubrey, Essays of Francis Bacon, etc (16)

BACON, Francis - Sylva Sylvarum : or, a Natural History. Eng. portrait frontispiece, eng. title-page, printed title-page (dated 1658), later half calf, folio, 1658.

A set of six 18th century portrait engravings of nobility in original pear wood frames. Earl of Warwick, S. Nichols Bacon, Francis Drake, William Warham, Thomas Wentworth and Mary Queen of Scots.Condition report intended as a guide only.Discoloured. No tears. Frames in good condition. 

One box: Art/Sculpture including JEAN PAUL GAULTIER + MARC CHAGALL + FRANCIS BACON etc

FRANCIS BACON 'Personnage couché', 1966, vintage original lithograph, Mourlot/Maeght editeur, 50cm x 37cm, framed and glazed.

Bacon, Francis Sir - Resuscitatio, 3rd edition, 2 parts in 1, folio, contemporary calf rebacked, with engraved frontis and 1 plate, London 1671

Mallet, David - The Life of Francis Bacon, qto, calf, A. Millar, London 1760

BACON FRANCIS: (1909-1992) Irish Painter. A good signed colour 6 x 4 postcard, being a reproduction of Bacon's famous work Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, the triptych executed in oil circa 1944 and held by the Tate Britain. Signed by Bacon in bold blue ink to the lower white border. VG

FRANCIS BACON, 'Henriette Moraes', lithograph, 1966, 27cm x 27cm, framed and glazed.

NO RESERVE Gilbert & George. SONOFAGOD PICTURES: Was Jesus Heterosexual?, White Cube, 2006 § Watson (Sarah) & Robin Vousden, editors. Tracey Emin: You Left Me Breathing, Beverly Hills, Gagossian Gallery, 2007 § Landy (Michael) Everything Must Go!, brochure for the Mark Wallinger exhibition State Britain loosely inserted, Ridinghouse, 2008 § Sylvester (David) Looking Back at Francis Bacon, 2000; About Modern Art..., 1996, first editions, first three signed presentation inscriptions by the artists, illustrations, most colour, some folding, first and third original printed wrappers, else original cloth or boards, last two dust-jackets; and 6 others, 4to & 8vo (11)

BRITISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY), Portrait of James Stuart (1566-1625 King James VI of Scotland, King James I of England and Ireland, Son of Mary Queen of Scots), shoulder length and wearing a collar and red jacket, oil on canvas, 64 x 51cm. Inscribed verso with quotes from Lord Francis Bacon and John M. MacPhail. In need of restoration.

A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY BRONZE FIGURES "SIR ISAAC NEWTON" and "SIR FRANCIS BACON", on square pedestal bases. 50cms high.

Modern British School (20th Century), Portrait of the artist, Francis Bacon (1909-1992), oil on canvas, unframed, 40 x 30cm Unframed.

ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992)PEN AND GREY INK DRAWINGThree figure studiesUnsigned4 1/4" x 3 1/2" (11 x 9cm) and slightly smaller

Bacon, Francis Sir - Resuscitatio, 1st edition qto, rebound half cloth, lacking portrait, library stamps scattered throughout, p.65 damp stained to lower right corner, London 1657

Bacon (John Francis), SIX YEARS IN BISCAY…, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO WILLIAM HENRY BELL, half-title, hand-coloured folding engraved map and 5 folding engraved plates, tissue-guards, bookplates of William Henry Bell and Harold Wilberforce Bell, 8vo, 1838 Light foxing, mainly around folds in plates

America.- Declaration (A) of the Demeanor and Cariage of Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight, as well in his Voyage, as in, and sithence his Returne, first edition, large paper copy, title with woodcut device and woodcut arms to verso, lacking initial leaf (blank apart from 'A' in woodcut border), occasional soiling, title washed, modern mottled calf, slight fading to edges, [STC 20652.5; cf. Pforzheimer 819; Sabin 67550; Church 374], small 4to, Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill, Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, 1618.⁂ Unusually large copy (192 x 145mm., 7 9/16 x 5 11/16") of this important piece of Americana, at one time attributed to Francis Bacon but now assigned to the commissioners (including Bacon) appointed to try Raleigh. It includes details of his final voyage to America in 1618 and includes mention of his attempt to locate the fabled El Dorado. This apologia was published in haste to quell the surge of public discontent following Raleigh's execution on 29th October 1618.

BACON (Francis) Sylva Sylvarum, London: for W. Lee 1635, small folio, with portrait, added engraved title, old repairs, worn binding