Portrait of Michel Leiris (Sabatier 2)

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Portrait of Michel Leiris (Sabatier 2) etching and aquatint in colours, 1978, on Arches wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 91/100 (there were also 46 impressions numbered in Roman numerals), published by Georges Visat, Paris, with his blindstamp, the full sheet, printed on a folded sheet as issued, with the text by Eddie Batache, a deckle edge at right, pale light-staining, otherwise in very good condition, framed P. 299 x 251 mm., S. 673 x 518 mm.