Francis Bacon’s Canvas of His Lover Sold for $70,3 Million at Christie’s
Francis Bacon’s canvas of his lover sold for $70,3 million at Christie’s in London on Thursday night. That was the highest price paid for a single-panel work by the artist. Christie’s had expected Bacon’s painting to sell for $50 million. The 6-foot-tall 1966 canvas, “Portrait of George Dyer Talking,” was consigned by Mexican financier David […] More