Portrait of Michel Leiris, from Requiem pour la Fin des Temps

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Portrait of Michel Leiris, from Requiem pour la Fin des Temps etching and aquatint in colours, 1976, on Arches, signed in pencil, numbered XIV/XLVI, a proof aside from the edition of one hundred published by G. Visat, Paris, with his blindstamp, the full sheet, folded as issued, with the text by Eddy Batache, a deckle edge at right, minor scattered foxmarks, occasional handling creases, the sheet slightly rubbed towards the edges, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 300 x 253 mm., S. 674 x 520 mm.