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Article: Bacon's cardinal steps into the light
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 12, 1996
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A major portrait from Francis Bacon's famous Papal series, in
which he transmuted papal images into visions of insanity, has come
on to the market for the first time in decades.
Seated Figure (Red Cardinal) has been known to experts only from
a black- and-white photograph and has not been seen by the public
for 35 years. Its sale at Christie's on 4 December - for an
estimated ...