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Riddle of Bacon's artistic legacy to his lover ; As a masterpiece by Francis Bacon looks likely to sell for more than Pounds 30m tonight, dealers are wondering if more of his works might appear on the market. The answer may lie with an East End family
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SHORTLY before eight o'clock tonight Francis Bacon's masterpiece,
Triptych 1974-77, is expected to make history at Christie's saleroom
in St James's. Unofficial estimates suggest the work could fetch
more than Pounds 30 million, shattering previous records for Bacon
and placing him in the highest rank of 20th-century artists
alongside Picasso, Rothko and Warhol.
The prospect has transfixed dealers and collectors. All are eager
to know just how high Bacon can go. Is he about to be prope...
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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OBITUARY: John Edwards; Companion and heir of Francis Bacon.(Obituaries)
The Independent (London, England)
; JOHN EDWARDS was the painter Francis Bacon's last protracted love , replacing the fading image of George Dyer as a blurred icon of East End authenticity in Bacon's work. His Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards, painted in 1980 and 1984, showed Edwards with his crossed and lifted leg seated
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OBITUARY: John Edwards Companion and heir of Francis Bacon
The Independent - London
; JOHN EDWARDS was the painter Francis Bacon's last "protracted love", replacing "the fading image of George Dyer" as a blurred icon of East End authenticity in Bacon's work. His Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards, painted in 1980 and 1984, showed Edwards "with his crossed and lifted leg
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Love for sale; Many portraits by Francis Bacon (left) were heartfelt records of his personal relationships. Now, one of the most celebrated examples could fetch up to pounds 3.5m at auction. By Sue Hubbard.(Features)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Sue Hubbard Francis Bacon is arguably the greatest visual exponent of existentialism. He sought to capture, on canvas, the violence, the energy, the futility and the alienation at the heart of human existence. Though he shared something of Nietzsche's 'strong pessimism', he qualified it by
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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BACON'S LOVER SPENT pounds 43M LIVING HIGH LIFE; EXCLUSIVE Artist's estate blown on gifts and parties in Thailand.(News)
The Mirror (London, England)
; Byline: AIDAN McGURRAN THE late gay lover of Irish artist Francis Bacon spent almost all of the painter's pounds 45million inheritance before he died, it was revealed yesterday. John Edwards, the dyslexic son of a London docker, left EUR1.8million after blowing EUR43.2million of Bacon's legacy on
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Bacon left his best friend an pounds 11m fortune. So where has it all gone?(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Charles Arthur EVEN FOR an arts world where the unusual is quotidian, the decision by the painter Francis Bacon was remarkable. After his death in 1992 at the age of 82, his will left most of his pounds 11m fortune to a former Cockney barman and gay model, John Edwards, then aged just 41.
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